#DDCD49#DDCD49

#DDCD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD49
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -9.42, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 65.61, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0319 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8549, 59.5180, 15.0061)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD49 #4959DD

analogous

#DD8349 #DDCD49 #A3DD49

triadic

#DDCD49 #49DDCD #CD49DD

tetradic

#DDCD49 #49DD83 #4959DD #DD49A3

square

#DDCD49 #49DD83 #4959DD #DD49A3

split-complementary

#DDCD49 #49A3DD #8349DD

monochromatic

#91841B #C4B325 #DDCD49 #E7DB7D #F0E9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DDCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD49

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD49	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)

#DFC737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb83',
    500: '#ddcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd49;
$custom-light: #ebdb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83795,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD49

secondary

#353F96

accent

#4FEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD49

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

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