#DDC550#DDC550

#DDC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC550
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -4.92, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 60.12, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0183 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2353, 55.8862, 15.6762)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC550 #5068DD

analogous

#DD7F50 #DDC550 #AFDD50

triadic

#DDC550 #50DDC5 #C550DD

tetradic

#DDC550 #50DD7F #5068DD #DD50AF

square

#DDC550 #50DD7F #5068DD #DD50AF

split-complementary

#DDC550 #50AFDD #7F50DD

monochromatic

#96811D #C9AD27 #DDC550 #E7D683 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DDC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC550

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC550	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd686',
    500: '#ddc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc550;
$custom-light: #ebd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC550

secondary

#37489A

accent

#5BEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC550

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

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