#DDC75D#DDC75D

#DDC75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC75D
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -5.08, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 55.09, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0173 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2200, 57.0116, 18.6075)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC75D #5D73DD

analogous

#DD875D #DDC75D #B3DD5D

triadic

#DDC75D #5DDDC7 #C75DDD

tetradic

#DDC75D #5DDD87 #5D73DD #DD5DB3

square

#DDC75D #5DDD87 #5D73DD #DD5DB3

split-complementary

#DDC75D #5DB3DD #875DDD

monochromatic

#9E8921 #D1B52C #DDC75D #E8D890 #F2EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC75D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DDC75D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC75D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC75D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC75D	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc75d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78e',
    500: '#ddc75d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc75d;
$custom-light: #ead78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc75d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82748,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC75D

secondary

#3C4EA2

accent

#37CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC75D

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

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