#DDC350#DDC350

#DDC350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC350
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -3.89, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 59.49, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0154 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7841, 54.9840, 15.5259)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC350 #506ADD

analogous

#DD7D50 #DDC350 #B1DD50

triadic

#DDC350 #50DDC3 #C350DD

tetradic

#DDC350 #50DD7D #506ADD #DD50B1

square

#DDC350 #50DD7D #506ADD #DD50B1

split-complementary

#DDC350 #50B1DD #7D50DD

monochromatic

#967F1D #C9AB27 #DDC350 #E7D583 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DDC350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC350

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC350	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd486',
    500: '#ddc350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc350;
$custom-light: #ebd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81795,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC350

secondary

#37499A

accent

#5DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC350

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

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