#DDC55F#DDC55F

#DDC55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.125 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC55F
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -3.90, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 53.50, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0136 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.125 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8526, 56.1332, 18.9278)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC55F #5F77DD

analogous

#DD865F #DDC55F #B6DD5F

triadic

#DDC55F #5FDDC5 #C55FDD

tetradic

#DDC55F #5FDD86 #5F77DD #DD5FB6

square

#DDC55F #5FDD86 #5F77DD #DD5FB6

split-complementary

#DDC55F #5FB6DD #865FDD

monochromatic

#A08822 #D2B32D #DDC55F #E8D791 #F2EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DDC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC55F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC55F	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.125 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead68f',
    500: '#ddc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc55f;
$custom-light: #ead68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82361,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC55F

secondary

#3D51A3

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC55F

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

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