#DDCC48#DDCC48

#DDCC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.149 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC48
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -8.96, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 65.66, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0307 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.149 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5836, 59.0280, 14.7534)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC48 #4859DD

analogous

#DD8148 #DDCC48 #A4DD48

triadic

#DDCC48 #48DDCC #CC48DD

tetradic

#DDCC48 #48DD81 #4859DD #DD48A4

square

#DDCC48 #48DD81 #4859DD #DD48A4

split-complementary

#DDCC48 #48A4DD #8148DD

monochromatic

#90831B #C3B124 #DDCC48 #E7DA7C #F0E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DDCC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC48

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC48	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.149 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb82',
    500: '#ddcc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc48;
$custom-light: #ebdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83579,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC48

secondary

#343F95

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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