#DDC95A#DDC95A

#DDC95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC95A
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -6.32, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 57.11, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0212 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5529, 57.8858, 18.0758)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC95A #5A6EDD

analogous

#DD875A #DDC95A #AFDD5A

triadic

#DDC95A #5ADDC9 #C95ADD

tetradic

#DDC95A #5ADD87 #5A6EDD #DD5AAF

square

#DDC95A #5ADD87 #5A6EDD #DD5AAF

split-complementary

#DDC95A #5AAFDD #875ADD

monochromatic

#9C8920 #CFB62B #DDC95A #E7DA8D #F2EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DDC95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC95A

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC95A	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98c',
    500: '#ddc95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc95a;
$custom-light: #ead98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83126,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC95A

secondary

#3B4BA0

accent

#34CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC95A

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

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