#DDC85D#DDC85D

#DDC85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC85D
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -5.59, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 55.43, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0187 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4509, 57.4733, 18.6844)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC85D #5D72DD

analogous

#DD885D #DDC85D #B2DD5D

triadic

#DDC85D #5DDDC8 #C85DDD

tetradic

#DDC85D #5DDD88 #5D72DD #DD5DB2

square

#DDC85D #5DDD88 #5D72DD #DD5DB2

split-complementary

#DDC85D #5DB2DD #885DDD

monochromatic

#9E8A21 #D1B62C #DDC85D #E8D990 #F2EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DDC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC85D

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC85D	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)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88e',
    500: '#ddc85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc85d;
$custom-light: #ead88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82953,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC85D

secondary

#3C4DA2

accent

#36CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC85D

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

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