#DDC85F#DDC85F

#DDC85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.127 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC85F
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -5.45, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 54.52, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0181 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.127 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5406, 57.5092, 19.1571)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC85F #5F74DD

analogous

#DD895F #DDC85F #B3DD5F

triadic

#DDC85F #5FDDC8 #C85FDD

tetradic

#DDC85F #5FDD89 #5F74DD #DD5FB3

square

#DDC85F #5FDD89 #5F74DD #DD5FB3

split-complementary

#DDC85F #5FB3DD #895FDD

monochromatic

#A08B22 #D2B72D #DDC85F #E8D991 #F2EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DDC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC85F

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC85F	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.127 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead890',
    500: '#ddc85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc85f;
$custom-light: #ead890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82975,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC85F

secondary

#3D4EA3

accent

#37CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC85F

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

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