#DDC35E#DDC35E

#DDC35E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.124 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC35E
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -2.94, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 53.30, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.011 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.124 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3564, 55.2129, 18.5395)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC35E #5E78DD

analogous

#DD845E #DDC35E #B7DD5E

triadic

#DDC35E #5EDDC3 #C35EDD

tetradic

#DDC35E #5EDD84 #5E78DD #DD5EB7

square

#DDC35E #5EDD84 #5E78DD #DD5EB7

split-complementary

#DDC35E #5EB7DD #845EDD

monochromatic

#9F8522 #D2B02C #DDC35E #E8D691 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DDC35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC35E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC35E	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)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.124 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48f',
    500: '#ddc35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc35e;
$custom-light: #ead48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81942,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC35E

secondary

#3D52A2

accent

#3DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC35E

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

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