#DDD65C#DDD65C

#DDD65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.143 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD65C
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -12.76, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 61.02, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0393 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.143 106)
XYZ	xyz(55.7989, 64.2398, 19.5834)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD65C #5C63DD

analogous

#DD965C #DDD65C #A4DD5C

triadic

#DDD65C #5CDDD6 #D65CDD

tetradic

#DDD65C #5CDD96 #5C63DD #DD5CA4

square

#DDD65C #5CDD96 #5C63DD #DD5CA4

split-complementary

#DDD65C #5CA4DD #965CDD

monochromatic

#9E9721 #D0C72B #DDD65C #E8E38F #F2EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DDD65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD65C

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD65C	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.143 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28f',
    500: '#ddd65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd65c;
$custom-light: #eae28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85844,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.64238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD65C

secondary

#3C41A1

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD65C

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

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