#DDC85A#DDC85A

#DDC85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC85A
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -5.81, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 56.77, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0197 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3206, 57.4211, 17.9983)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC85A #5A6FDD

analogous

#DD865A #DDC85A #B0DD5A

triadic

#DDC85A #5ADDC8 #C85ADD

tetradic

#DDC85A #5ADD86 #5A6FDD #DD5AB0

square

#DDC85A #5ADD86 #5A6FDD #DD5AB0

split-complementary

#DDC85A #5AB0DD #865ADD

monochromatic

#9C8820 #CFB52B #DDC85A #E7D98D #F2EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DDC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC85A

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC85A	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88c',
    500: '#ddc85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc85a;
$custom-light: #ead88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8292,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC85A

secondary

#3B4BA0

accent

#35CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC85A

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

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