#DDC850#DDC850

#DDC850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC850
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -6.46, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 61.09, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0227 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9232, 57.2622, 15.9056)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC850 #5065DD

analogous

#DD8250 #DDC850 #ACDD50

triadic

#DDC850 #50DDC8 #C850DD

tetradic

#DDC850 #50DD82 #5065DD #DD50AC

square

#DDC850 #50DD82 #5065DD #DD50AC

split-complementary

#DDC850 #50ACDD #8250DD

monochromatic

#96841D #C9B127 #DDC850 #E7D883 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DDC850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC850

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC850	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd886',
    500: '#ddc850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc850;
$custom-light: #ebd886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82821,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC850

secondary

#37469A

accent

#57EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC850

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

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