#DDC052#DDC052

#DDC052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.132 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC052
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -2.22, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 57.71, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0103 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.132 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1937, 53.6832, 15.6990)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC052 #526FDD

analogous

#DD7B52 #DDC052 #B5DD52

triadic

#DDC052 #52DDC0 #C052DD

tetradic

#DDC052 #52DD7B #526FDD #DD52B5

square

#DDC052 #52DD7B #526FDD #DD52B5

split-complementary

#DDC052 #52B5DD #7B52DD

monochromatic

#977E1E #CAA828 #DDC052 #E7D385 #F1E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DDC052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC052

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC052	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.132 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd287',
    500: '#ddc052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc052;
$custom-light: #ebd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC052

secondary

#384D9B

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC052

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

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