#DDC55D#DDC55D

#DDC55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC55D
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -4.05, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 54.41, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0143 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7629, 56.0973, 18.4551)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC55D #5D75DD

analogous

#DD855D #DDC55D #B5DD5D

triadic

#DDC55D #5DDDC5 #C55DDD

tetradic

#DDC55D #5DDD85 #5D75DD #DD5DB5

square

#DDC55D #5DDD85 #5D75DD #DD5DB5

split-complementary

#DDC55D #5DB5DD #855DDD

monochromatic

#9E8721 #D1B22C #DDC55D #E8D790 #F2E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DDC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC55D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC55D	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)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68e',
    500: '#ddc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc55d;
$custom-light: #ead68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82338,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC55D

secondary

#3C4FA2

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC55D

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

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