#DDC55C#DDC55C

#DDC55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC55C
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -4.12, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 54.87, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0146 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7189, 56.0797, 18.2234)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC55C #5C74DD

analogous

#DD855C #DDC55C #B5DD5C

triadic

#DDC55C #5CDDC5 #C55CDD

tetradic

#DDC55C #5CDD85 #5C74DD #DD5CB5

square

#DDC55C #5CDD85 #5C74DD #DD5CB5

split-complementary

#DDC55C #5CB5DD #855CDD

monochromatic

#9E8621 #D0B22B #DDC55C #E8D78F #F2E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DDC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC55C

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC55C	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68e',
    500: '#ddc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc55c;
$custom-light: #ead68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82327,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC55C

secondary

#3C4FA1

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC55C

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

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