#DDC65E#DDC65E

#DDC65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC65E
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -4.49, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 54.29, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0154 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(52.0353, 56.5708, 18.7658)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC65E #5E75DD

analogous

#DD875E #DDC65E #B5DD5E

triadic

#DDC65E #5EDDC6 #C65EDD

tetradic

#DDC65E #5EDD87 #5E75DD #DD5EB5

square

#DDC65E #5EDD87 #5E75DD #DD5EB5

split-complementary

#DDC65E #5EB5DD #875EDD

monochromatic

#9F8822 #D2B42C #DDC65E #E8D891 #F2EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DDC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC65E

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC65E	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)

#D7C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78f',
    500: '#ddc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc65e;
$custom-light: #ead78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.56568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC65E

secondary

#3D4FA2

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC65E

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

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