#DDC36F#DDC36F

#DDC36F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.108 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC36F
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 49.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -1.55, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 45.31, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.005 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.108 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2049, 55.5523, 23.0087)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC36F #6F89DD

analogous

#DD8C6F #DDC36F #C0DD6F

triadic

#DDC36F #6FDDC3 #C36FDD

tetradic

#DDC36F #6FDD8C #6F89DD #DD6FC0

square

#DDC36F #6FDD8C #6F89DD #DD6FC0

split-complementary

#DDC36F #6FC0DD #8C6FDD

monochromatic

#AA8B28 #D1AE3D #DDC36F #E9D8A1 #F4ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DDC36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC36F

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC36F	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.108 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead49a',
    500: '#ddc36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc36f;
$custom-light: #ead49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82159,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC36F

secondary

#445DAC

accent

#45CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC36F

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

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