#DDC95D#DDC95D

#DDC95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC95D
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -6.11, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 55.77, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0202 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6832, 57.9380, 18.7619)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC95D #5D71DD

analogous

#DD895D #DDC95D #B1DD5D

triadic

#DDC95D #5DDDC9 #C95DDD

tetradic

#DDC95D #5DDD89 #5D71DD #DD5DB1

square

#DDC95D #5DDD89 #5D71DD #DD5DB1

split-complementary

#DDC95D #5DB1DD #895DDD

monochromatic

#9E8B21 #D1B72C #DDC95D #E8DA90 #F2EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DDC95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC95D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC95D	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#ddc95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc95d;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83158,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC95D

secondary

#3C4CA2

accent

#35CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC95D

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

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