#DDC85C#DDC85C

#DDC85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC85C
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -5.67, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 55.88, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.019 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4069, 57.4557, 18.4527)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC85C #5C71DD

analogous

#DD885C #DDC85C #B1DD5C

triadic

#DDC85C #5CDDC8 #C85CDD

tetradic

#DDC85C #5CDD88 #5C71DD #DD5CB1

square

#DDC85C #5CDD88 #5C71DD #DD5CB1

split-complementary

#DDC85C #5CB1DD #885CDD

monochromatic

#9E8921 #D0B62B #DDC85C #E8D98F #F2EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DDC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC85C

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC85C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88e',
    500: '#ddc85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc85c;
$custom-light: #ead88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82942,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC85C

secondary

#3C4CA1

accent

#36CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC85C

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

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