#DDC94F#DDC94F

#DDC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.141 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC94F
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -7.04, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 61.84, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0245 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(52.1189, 57.7122, 15.7899)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC94F #4F63DD

analogous

#DD824F #DDC94F #AADD4F

triadic

#DDC94F #4FDDC9 #C94FDD

tetradic

#DDC94F #4FDD82 #4F63DD #DD4FAA

square

#DDC94F #4FDD82 #4F63DD #DD4FAA

split-complementary

#DDC94F #4FAADD #824FDD

monochromatic

#95841D #C8B127 #DDC94F #E7D982 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DDC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC94F

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC94F	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.141 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd986',
    500: '#ddc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc94f;
$custom-light: #ebd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.5771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC94F

secondary

#374599

accent

#56EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC94F

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

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