#DDC75A#DDC75A

#DDC75A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC75A
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -5.29, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 56.43, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0182 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(52.0898, 56.9595, 17.9214)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC75A #5A70DD

analogous

#DD855A #DDC75A #B1DD5A

triadic

#DDC75A #5ADDC7 #C75ADD

tetradic

#DDC75A #5ADD85 #5A70DD #DD5AB1

square

#DDC75A #5ADD85 #5A70DD #DD5AB1

split-complementary

#DDC75A #5AB1DD #855ADD

monochromatic

#9C8820 #CFB42B #DDC75A #E7D88D #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC75A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DDC75A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC75A

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC75A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC75A	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc75a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#ddc75a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc75a;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc75a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82715,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.56957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC75A

secondary

#3B4CA0

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC75A

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

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