#DDC64A#DDC64A

#DDC64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64A
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -5.79, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 62.92, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0215 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.143 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2512, 56.2571, 14.6364)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64A #4A61DD

analogous

#DD7C4A #DDC64A #ABDD4A

triadic

#DDC64A #4ADDC6 #C64ADD

tetradic

#DDC64A #4ADD7C #4A61DD #DD4AAB

square

#DDC64A #4ADD7C #4A61DD #DD4AAB

split-complementary

#DDC64A #4AABDD #7C4ADD

monochromatic

#917F1B #C5AC25 #DDC64A #E7D67E #F0E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64A	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd683',
    500: '#ddc64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64a;
$custom-light: #ebd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82356,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64A

secondary

#354496

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64A

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

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