#DDC64C#DDC64C

#DDC64C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64C
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -5.68, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 62.10, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0209 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3197, 56.2845, 14.9969)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64C #4C63DD

analogous

#DD7D4C #DDC64C #ABDD4C

triadic

#DDC64C #4CDDC6 #C64CDD

tetradic

#DDC64C #4CDD7D #4C63DD #DD4CAB

square

#DDC64C #4CDD7D #4C63DD #DD4CAB

split-complementary

#DDC64C #4CABDD #7D4CDD

monochromatic

#93801C #C6AD26 #DDC64C #E7D67F #F1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DDC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64C

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64C	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd784',
    500: '#ddc64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64c;
$custom-light: #ebd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82374,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64C

secondary

#364597

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64C

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

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