#DDC05A#DDC05A

#DDC05A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC05A
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -1.68, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 54.18, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0078 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.126 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5161, 53.8121, 17.3968)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC05A #5A77DD

analogous

#DD7E5A #DDC05A #B8DD5A

triadic

#DDC05A #5ADDC0 #C05ADD

tetradic

#DDC05A #5ADD7E #5A77DD #DD5AB8

square

#DDC05A #5ADD7E #5A77DD #DD5AB8

split-complementary

#DDC05A #5AB8DD #7E5ADD

monochromatic

#9C8120 #CFAB2B #DDC05A #E7D38D #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DDC05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC05A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC05A	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28c',
    500: '#ddc05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc05a;
$custom-light: #ebd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81287,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC05A

secondary

#3B51A0

accent

#40CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC05A

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

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