#DDC65C#DDC65C

#DDC65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC65C
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -4.64, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 55.20, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0161 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9467, 56.5353, 18.2993)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC65C #5C73DD

analogous

#DD865C #DDC65C #B4DD5C

triadic

#DDC65C #5CDDC6 #C65CDD

tetradic

#DDC65C #5CDD86 #5C73DD #DD5CB4

square

#DDC65C #5CDD86 #5C73DD #DD5CB4

split-complementary

#DDC65C #5CB4DD #865CDD

monochromatic

#9E8721 #D0B32B #DDC65C #E8D88F #F2E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DDC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC65C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC65C	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78e',
    500: '#ddc65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc65c;
$custom-light: #ead78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82532,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC65C

secondary

#3C4EA1

accent

#38CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC65C

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

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