#DDC45F#DDC45F

#DDC45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC45F
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -3.39, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 53.17, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0121 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6263, 55.6806, 18.8523)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC45F #5F78DD

analogous

#DD855F #DDC45F #B7DD5F

triadic

#DDC45F #5FDDC4 #C45FDD

tetradic

#DDC45F #5FDD85 #5F78DD #DD5FB7

square

#DDC45F #5FDD85 #5F78DD #DD5FB7

split-complementary

#DDC45F #5FB7DD #855FDD

monochromatic

#A08722 #D2B12D #DDC45F #E8D791 #F2E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DDC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC45F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC45F	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead58f',
    500: '#ddc45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc45f;
$custom-light: #ead58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82157,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC45F

secondary

#3D51A3

accent

#3CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC45F

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

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