#DDC64D#DDC64D

#DDC64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64D
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -5.62, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 61.69, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0206 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.141 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3547, 56.2985, 15.1814)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64D #4D64DD

analogous

#DD7E4D #DDC64D #ACDD4D

triadic

#DDC64D #4DDDC6 #C64DDD

tetradic

#DDC64D #4DDD7E #4D64DD #DD4DAC

square

#DDC64D #4DDD7E #4D64DD #DD4DAC

split-complementary

#DDC64D #4DACDD #7E4DDD

monochromatic

#93801C #C7AD26 #DDC64D #E7D680 #F1E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DDC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64D

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64D	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)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd784',
    500: '#ddc64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64d;
$custom-light: #ebd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82382,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64D

secondary

#364698

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64D

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

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