#DDC650#DDC650

#DDC650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC650
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -5.44, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 60.44, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0198 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4631, 56.3419, 15.7522)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC650 #5067DD

analogous

#DD8050 #DDC650 #AEDD50

triadic

#DDC650 #50DDC6 #C650DD

tetradic

#DDC650 #50DD80 #5067DD #DD50AE

square

#DDC650 #50DD80 #5067DD #DD50AE

split-complementary

#DDC650 #50AEDD #8050DD

monochromatic

#96821D #C9AE27 #DDC650 #E7D783 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC650

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC650	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd786',
    500: '#ddc650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc650;
$custom-light: #ebd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8241,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC650

secondary

#37479A

accent

#5AEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC650

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

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