#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
RGBrgb(221, 201, 79)
HSLhsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSVhsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.58, -7.04, 61.44)
CIE-LCHlch(80.58, 61.84, 96.53°)
OKLaboklab(83.02% -0.0245 0.1394)
OKLCHoklch(83.02% 0.142 100)
XYZxyz(52.1189, 57.7122, 15.7899)
Luminance0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DDC94F1.001.6712.5412.54
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5421.001.001.00
##00000012.5421.001.001.00

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

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#DDC94F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva