#DDC64F#DDC64F

#DDC64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC64F
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -5.50, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 60.86, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0201 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4264, 56.3272, 15.5590)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC64F #4F66DD

analogous

#DD7F4F #DDC64F #ADDD4F

triadic

#DDC64F #4FDDC6 #C64FDD

tetradic

#DDC64F #4FDD7F #4F66DD #DD4FAD

square

#DDC64F #4FDD7F #4F66DD #DD4FAD

split-complementary

#DDC64F #4FADDD #7F4FDD

monochromatic

#95811D #C8AE27 #DDC64F #E7D782 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC64F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC64F	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd786',
    500: '#ddc64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc64f;
$custom-light: #ebd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82401,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC64F

secondary

#374799

accent

#59EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC64F

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

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