#DDC45E#DDC45E

#DDC45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC45E
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -3.46, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 53.63, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0125 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.125 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5812, 55.6625, 18.6145)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC45E #5E77DD

analogous

#DD855E #DDC45E #B7DD5E

triadic

#DDC45E #5EDDC4 #C45EDD

tetradic

#DDC45E #5EDD85 #5E77DD #DD5EB7

square

#DDC45E #5EDD85 #5E77DD #DD5EB7

split-complementary

#DDC45E #5EB7DD #855EDD

monochromatic

#9F8622 #D2B12C #DDC45E #E8D791 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DDC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC45E

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC45E	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)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58f',
    500: '#ddc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc45e;
$custom-light: #ead58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC45E

secondary

#3D51A2

accent

#3CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC45E

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

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