#DDC55E#DDC55E

#DDC55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC55E
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -3.98, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 53.96, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.014 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8075, 56.1151, 18.6899)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC55E #5E76DD

analogous

#DD865E #DDC55E #B6DD5E

triadic

#DDC55E #5EDDC5 #C55EDD

tetradic

#DDC55E #5EDD86 #5E76DD #DD5EB6

square

#DDC55E #5EDD86 #5E76DD #DD5EB6

split-complementary

#DDC55E #5EB6DD #865EDD

monochromatic

#9F8722 #D2B22C #DDC55E #E8D791 #F2E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DDC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC55E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC55E	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)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68f',
    500: '#ddc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc55e;
$custom-light: #ead68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8235,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC55E

secondary

#3D50A2

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC55E

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

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