#DDC950#DDC950

#DDC950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC950
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -6.98, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 61.42, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0242 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1556, 57.7269, 15.9830)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC950 #5064DD

analogous

#DD8350 #DDC950 #ABDD50

triadic

#DDC950 #50DDC9 #C950DD

tetradic

#DDC950 #50DD83 #5064DD #DD50AB

square

#DDC950 #50DD83 #5064DD #DD50AB

split-complementary

#DDC950 #50ABDD #8350DD

monochromatic

#96841D #C9B227 #DDC950 #E7D983 #F1E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DDC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC950

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC950	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd986',
    500: '#ddc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc950;
$custom-light: #ebd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83027,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC950

secondary

#37459A

accent

#56EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC950

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

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