#DDC25F#DDC25F

#DDC25F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.123 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC25F
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 95)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -2.35, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 52.53, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0091 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.123 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1782, 54.7844, 18.7030)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC25F #5F7ADD

analogous

#DD835F #DDC25F #B9DD5F

triadic

#DDC25F #5FDDC2 #C25FDD

tetradic

#DDC25F #5FDD83 #5F7ADD #DD5FB9

square

#DDC25F #5FDD83 #5F7ADD #DD5FB9

split-complementary

#DDC25F #5FB9DD #835FDD

monochromatic

#A08522 #D2AF2D #DDC25F #E8D591 #F2E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC25F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DDC25F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC25F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC25F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC25F	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc25f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.123 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48f',
    500: '#ddc25f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc25f;
$custom-light: #ead48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc25f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC25F

secondary

#3D53A3

accent

#3FCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC25F

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

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