#DDC95B#DDC95B

#DDC95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC95B
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -6.25, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 56.67, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0208 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5958, 57.9030, 18.3014)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC95B #5B6FDD

analogous

#DD885B #DDC95B #B0DD5B

triadic

#DDC95B #5BDDC9 #C95BDD

tetradic

#DDC95B #5BDD88 #5B6FDD #DD5BB0

square

#DDC95B #5BDD88 #5B6FDD #DD5BB0

split-complementary

#DDC95B #5BB0DD #885BDD

monochromatic

#9D8A21 #D0B62B #DDC95B #E8DA8E #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DDC95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC95B

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC95B	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)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98d',
    500: '#ddc95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc95b;
$custom-light: #ead98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC95B

secondary

#3B4BA1

accent

#34CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC95B

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

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