#DDC95C#DDC95C

#DDC95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC95C
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -6.18, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 56.22, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0205 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.6392, 57.9204, 18.5301)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC95C #5C70DD

analogous

#DD895C #DDC95C #B1DD5C

triadic

#DDC95C #5CDDC9 #C95CDD

tetradic

#DDC95C #5CDD89 #5C70DD #DD5CB1

square

#DDC95C #5CDD89 #5C70DD #DD5CB1

split-complementary

#DDC95C #5CB1DD #895CDD

monochromatic

#9E8A21 #D0B72B #DDC95C #E8DA8F #F2EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DDC95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC95C

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC95C	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)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#ddc95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc95c;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83147,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC95C

secondary

#3C4CA1

accent

#34CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC95C

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

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