#DDC25E#DDC25E

#DDC25E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.124 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC25E
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -2.43, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 52.98, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0095 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.124 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1330, 54.7663, 18.4651)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC25E #5E79DD

analogous

#DD835E #DDC25E #B9DD5E

triadic

#DDC25E #5EDDC2 #C25EDD

tetradic

#DDC25E #5EDD83 #5E79DD #DD5EB9

square

#DDC25E #5EDD83 #5E79DD #DD5EB9

split-complementary

#DDC25E #5EB9DD #835EDD

monochromatic

#9F8422 #D2AE2C #DDC25E #E8D591 #F2E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DDC25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC25E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC25E	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.124 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48f',
    500: '#ddc25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc25e;
$custom-light: #ead48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81738,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC25E

secondary

#3D52A2

accent

#3FCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC25E

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

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