#DDC65B#DDC65B

#DDC65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC65B
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -4.71, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 55.65, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0164 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9033, 56.5180, 18.0706)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC65B #5B72DD

analogous

#DD855B #DDC65B #B3DD5B

triadic

#DDC65B #5BDDC6 #C65BDD

tetradic

#DDC65B #5BDD85 #5B72DD #DD5BB3

square

#DDC65B #5BDD85 #5B72DD #DD5BB3

split-complementary

#DDC65B #5BB3DD #855BDD

monochromatic

#9D8721 #D0B32B #DDC65B #E8D88E #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DDC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC65B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC65B	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)

#D7C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78d',
    500: '#ddc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc65b;
$custom-light: #ead78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82521,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC65B

secondary

#3B4DA1

accent

#38CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC65B

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

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