#DDC75E#DDC75E

#DDC75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC75E
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -5.01, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 54.63, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0169 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2646, 57.0294, 18.8423)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC75E #5E74DD

analogous

#DD885E #DDC75E #B4DD5E

triadic

#DDC75E #5EDDC7 #C75EDD

tetradic

#DDC75E #5EDD88 #5E74DD #DD5EB4

square

#DDC75E #5EDD88 #5E74DD #DD5EB4

split-complementary

#DDC75E #5EB4DD #885EDD

monochromatic

#9F8922 #D2B52C #DDC75E #E8D991 #F2EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DDC75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC75E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC75E	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78f',
    500: '#ddc75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc75e;
$custom-light: #ead78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC75E

secondary

#3D4EA2

accent

#38CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC75E

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

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