#DDC64E#DDC64E

#DDC64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64E
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -5.56, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 61.28, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0204 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3903, 56.3128, 15.3688)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64E #4E65DD

analogous

#DD7E4E #DDC64E #ACDD4E

triadic

#DDC64E #4EDDC6 #C64EDD

tetradic

#DDC64E #4EDD7E #4E65DD #DD4EAC

square

#DDC64E #4EDD7E #4E65DD #DD4EAC

split-complementary

#DDC64E #4EACDD #7E4EDD

monochromatic

#94811C #C7AE26 #DDC64E #E7D781 #F1E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DDC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64E

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64E	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)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd785',
    500: '#ddc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64e;
$custom-light: #ebd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82391,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64E

secondary

#364699

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64E

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

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