#DDC35D#DDC35D

#DDC35D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC35D
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -3.02, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 53.76, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0113 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.125 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3118, 55.1951, 18.3047)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC35D #5D77DD

analogous

#DD835D #DDC35D #B7DD5D

triadic

#DDC35D #5DDDC3 #C35DDD

tetradic

#DDC35D #5DDD83 #5D77DD #DD5DB7

square

#DDC35D #5DDD83 #5D77DD #DD5DB7

split-complementary

#DDC35D #5DB7DD #835DDD

monochromatic

#9E8521 #D1AF2C #DDC35D #E8D690 #F2E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DDC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC35D

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC35D	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48e',
    500: '#ddc35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc35d;
$custom-light: #ead48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC35D

secondary

#3C51A2

accent

#3DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC35D

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

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