#DDC05D#DDC05D

#DDC05D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC05D
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -1.46, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 52.81, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0068 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6463, 53.8642, 18.0829)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC05D #5D7ADD

analogous

#DD805D #DDC05D #BADD5D

triadic

#DDC05D #5DDDC0 #C05DDD

tetradic

#DDC05D #5DDD80 #5D7ADD #DD5DBA

square

#DDC05D #5DDD80 #5D7ADD #DD5DBA

split-complementary

#DDC05D #5DBADD #805DDD

monochromatic

#9E8221 #D1AC2C #DDC05D #E8D490 #F2E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DDC05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC05D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC05D	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28e',
    500: '#ddc05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc05d;
$custom-light: #ead28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC05D

secondary

#3C53A2

accent

#41CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC05D

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

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