#DDC15F#DDC15F

#DDC15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC15F
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -1.83, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 52.21, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0076 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.122 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9564, 54.3407, 18.6290)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC15F #5F7BDD

analogous

#DD825F #DDC15F #BADD5F

triadic

#DDC15F #5FDDC1 #C15FDD

tetradic

#DDC15F #5FDD82 #5F7BDD #DD5FBA

square

#DDC15F #5FDD82 #5F7BDD #DD5FBA

split-complementary

#DDC15F #5FBADD #825FDD

monochromatic

#A08422 #D2AD2D #DDC15F #E8D591 #F2E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DDC15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC15F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC15F	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead38f',
    500: '#ddc15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc15f;
$custom-light: #ead38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81547,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC15F

secondary

#3D54A3

accent

#41CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC15F

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

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