#DDCD48#DDCD48

#DDCD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.150 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD48
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -9.47, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 66.00, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0322 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.15 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8220, 59.5049, 14.8328)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD48 #4858DD

analogous

#DD8248 #DDCD48 #A3DD48

triadic

#DDCD48 #48DDCD #CD48DD

tetradic

#DDCD48 #48DD82 #4858DD #DD48A3

square

#DDCD48 #48DD82 #4858DD #DD48A3

split-complementary

#DDCD48 #48A3DD #8248DD

monochromatic

#90831B #C3B224 #DDCD48 #E7DB7C #F0E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DDCD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD48

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD48	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.150 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb82',
    500: '#ddcd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd48;
$custom-light: #ebdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.557,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83787,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD48

secondary

#343F95

accent

#4FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD48

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

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