#DDC65A#DDC65A

#DDC65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC65A
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -4.78, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 56.10, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0167 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8604, 56.5008, 17.8449)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC65A #5A71DD

analogous

#DD845A #DDC65A #B2DD5A

triadic

#DDC65A #5ADDC6 #C65ADD

tetradic

#DDC65A #5ADD84 #5A71DD #DD5AB2

square

#DDC65A #5ADD84 #5A71DD #DD5AB2

split-complementary

#DDC65A #5AB2DD #845ADD

monochromatic

#9C8720 #CFB22B #DDC65A #E7D88D #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DDC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC65A

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC65A	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#ddc65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc65a;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8251,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC65A

secondary

#3B4DA0

accent

#38CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC65A

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

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