#DDC95E#DDC95E

#DDC95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC95E
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -6.03, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 55.32, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0199 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.129 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7278, 57.9558, 18.9967)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC95E #5E72DD

analogous

#DD8A5E #DDC95E #B2DD5E

triadic

#DDC95E #5EDDC9 #C95EDD

tetradic

#DDC95E #5EDD8A #5E72DD #DD5EB2

square

#DDC95E #5EDD8A #5E72DD #DD5EB2

split-complementary

#DDC95E #5EB2DD #8A5EDD

monochromatic

#9F8B22 #D2B82C #DDC95E #E8DA91 #F2EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DDC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC95E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC95E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98f',
    500: '#ddc95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc95e;
$custom-light: #ead98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83169,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC95E

secondary

#3D4DA2

accent

#35CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC95E

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

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