#DDC45A#DDC45A

#DDC45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC45A
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -3.75, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 55.44, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0138 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4063, 55.5926, 17.6936)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC45A #5A73DD

analogous

#DD825A #DDC45A #B4DD5A

triadic

#DDC45A #5ADDC4 #C45ADD

tetradic

#DDC45A #5ADD82 #5A73DD #DD5AB4

square

#DDC45A #5ADD82 #5A73DD #DD5AB4

split-complementary

#DDC45A #5AB4DD #825ADD

monochromatic

#9C8520 #CFB02B #DDC45A #E7D68D #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DDC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC45A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC45A	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58c',
    500: '#ddc45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc45a;
$custom-light: #ead58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC45A

secondary

#3B4EA0

accent

#3BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC45A

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

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