#DDC55B#DDC55B

#DDC55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC55B
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -4.19, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 55.32, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0149 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6755, 56.0623, 17.9947)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC55B #5B73DD

analogous

#DD845B #DDC55B #B4DD5B

triadic

#DDC55B #5BDDC5 #C55BDD

tetradic

#DDC55B #5BDD84 #5B73DD #DD5BB4

square

#DDC55B #5BDD84 #5B73DD #DD5BB4

split-complementary

#DDC55B #5BB4DD #845BDD

monochromatic

#9D8621 #D0B12B #DDC55B #E8D78E #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DDC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC55B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC55B	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68d',
    500: '#ddc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc55b;
$custom-light: #ead68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82316,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC55B

secondary

#3B4EA1

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC55B

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

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