#DDC45C#DDC45C

#DDC45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC45C
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -3.61, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 54.54, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0131 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4926, 55.6271, 18.1479)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC45C #5C75DD

analogous

#DD845C #DDC45C #B6DD5C

triadic

#DDC45C #5CDDC4 #C45CDD

tetradic

#DDC45C #5CDD84 #5C75DD #DD5CB6

square

#DDC45C #5CDD84 #5C75DD #DD5CB6

split-complementary

#DDC45C #5CB6DD #845CDD

monochromatic

#9E8621 #D0B02B #DDC45C #E8D68F #F2E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DDC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC45C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC45C	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58d',
    500: '#ddc45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc45c;
$custom-light: #ead58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82123,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC45C

secondary

#3C50A1

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC45C

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

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