#DDC85B#DDC85B

#DDC85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC85B
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -5.74, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 56.32, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0194 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3634, 57.4383, 18.2240)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC85B #5B70DD

analogous

#DD875B #DDC85B #B1DD5B

triadic

#DDC85B #5BDDC8 #C85BDD

tetradic

#DDC85B #5BDD87 #5B70DD #DD5BB1

square

#DDC85B #5BDD87 #5B70DD #DD5BB1

split-complementary

#DDC85B #5BB1DD #875BDD

monochromatic

#9D8921 #D0B52B #DDC85B #E8D98E #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DDC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC85B

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC85B	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88d',
    500: '#ddc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc85b;
$custom-light: #ead88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82931,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC85B

secondary

#3B4CA1

accent

#35CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC85B

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

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