#DDC64B#DDC64B

#DDC64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64B
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -5.74, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 62.51, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0212 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2852, 56.2707, 14.8152)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64B #4B62DD

analogous

#DD7D4B #DDC64B #ABDD4B

triadic

#DDC64B #4BDDC6 #C64BDD

tetradic

#DDC64B #4BDD7D #4B62DD #DD4BAB

square

#DDC64B #4BDD7D #4B62DD #DD4BAB

split-complementary

#DDC64B #4BABDD #7D4BDD

monochromatic

#927F1C #C5AC25 #DDC64B #E7D67E #F0E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64B

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64B	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)

#D8C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd683',
    500: '#ddc64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64b;
$custom-light: #ebd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82365,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64B

secondary

#354597

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64B

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

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