#DDC15E#DDC15E

#DDC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.123 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC15E
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -1.91, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 52.67, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.008 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.123 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9112, 54.3227, 18.3912)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC15E #5E7ADD

analogous

#DD825E #DDC15E #B9DD5E

triadic

#DDC15E #5EDDC1 #C15EDD

tetradic

#DDC15E #5EDD82 #5E7ADD #DD5EB9

square

#DDC15E #5EDD82 #5E7ADD #DD5EB9

split-complementary

#DDC15E #5EB9DD #825EDD

monochromatic

#9F8322 #D2AD2C #DDC15E #E8D491 #F2E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#DDC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC15E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC15E	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)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.123 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38f',
    500: '#ddc15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc15e;
$custom-light: #ead38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81535,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC15E

secondary

#3D53A2

accent

#40CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC15E

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

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