#DDC35B#DDC35B

#DDC35B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC35B
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -3.16, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 54.67, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.012 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2243, 55.1601, 17.8443)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC35B #5B75DD

analogous

#DD825B #DDC35B #B6DD5B

triadic

#DDC35B #5BDDC3 #C35BDD

tetradic

#DDC35B #5BDD82 #5B75DD #DD5BB6

square

#DDC35B #5BDD82 #5B75DD #DD5BB6

split-complementary

#DDC35B #5BB6DD #825BDD

monochromatic

#9D8421 #D0AF2B #DDC35B #E8D68E #F2E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DDC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC35B

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC35B	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)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48d',
    500: '#ddc35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc35b;
$custom-light: #ead48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC35B

secondary

#3B50A1

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC35B

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

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