#DDC65D#DDC65D

#DDC65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC65D
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -4.57, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 54.75, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0158 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9907, 56.5529, 18.5310)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC65D #5D74DD

analogous

#DD865D #DDC65D #B4DD5D

triadic

#DDC65D #5DDDC6 #C65DDD

tetradic

#DDC65D #5DDD86 #5D74DD #DD5DB4

square

#DDC65D #5DDD86 #5D74DD #DD5DB4

split-complementary

#DDC65D #5DB4DD #865DDD

monochromatic

#9E8821 #D1B32C #DDC65D #E8D890 #F2EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DDC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC65D

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC65D	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)

#D7C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78e',
    500: '#ddc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc65d;
$custom-light: #ead78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82543,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC65D

secondary

#3C4FA2

accent

#39CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC65D

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

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