#DDC15A#DDC15A

#DDC15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC15A
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -2.20, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 54.48, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0093 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.126 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7364, 54.2527, 17.4702)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC15A #5A76DD

analogous

#DD7F5A #DDC15A #B7DD5A

triadic

#DDC15A #5ADDC1 #C15ADD

tetradic

#DDC15A #5ADD7F #5A76DD #DD5AB7

square

#DDC15A #5ADD7F #5A76DD #DD5AB7

split-complementary

#DDC15A #5AB7DD #7F5ADD

monochromatic

#9C8220 #CFAC2B #DDC15A #E7D48D #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DDC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC15A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC15A	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.126 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38c',
    500: '#ddc15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc15a;
$custom-light: #ead38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC15A

secondary

#3B51A0

accent

#3FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC15A

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

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