#DDC35A#DDC35A

#DDC35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC35A
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -3.23, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 55.12, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0123 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1815, 55.1430, 17.6186)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC35A #5A74DD

analogous

#DD815A #DDC35A #B5DD5A

triadic

#DDC35A #5ADDC3 #C35ADD

tetradic

#DDC35A #5ADD81 #5A74DD #DD5AB5

square

#DDC35A #5ADD81 #5A74DD #DD5AB5

split-complementary

#DDC35A #5AB5DD #815ADD

monochromatic

#9C8420 #CFAE2B #DDC35A #E7D58D #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DDC35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC35A

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC35A	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48c',
    500: '#ddc35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc35a;
$custom-light: #ead48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81897,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC35A

secondary

#3B4FA0

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC35A

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

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