#DDC15D#DDC15D

#DDC15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC15D
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -1.98, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 53.13, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0083 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.124 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8667, 54.3048, 18.1564)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC15D #5D79DD

analogous

#DD815D #DDC15D #B9DD5D

triadic

#DDC15D #5DDDC1 #C15DDD

tetradic

#DDC15D #5DDD81 #5D79DD #DD5DB9

square

#DDC15D #5DDD81 #5D79DD #DD5DB9

split-complementary

#DDC15D #5DB9DD #815DDD

monochromatic

#9E8321 #D1AD2C #DDC15D #E8D490 #F2E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DDC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC15D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC15D	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38e',
    500: '#ddc15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc15d;
$custom-light: #ead38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC15D

secondary

#3C53A2

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC15D

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

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