#DDC053#DDC053

#DDC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.131 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC053
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -2.15, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 57.28, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.01 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.131 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2320, 53.6985, 15.9009)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC053 #5370DD

analogous

#DD7B53 #DDC053 #B5DD53

triadic

#DDC053 #53DDC0 #C053DD

tetradic

#DDC053 #53DD7B #5370DD #DD53B5

square

#DDC053 #53DD7B #5370DD #DD53B5

split-complementary

#DDC053 #53B5DD #7B53DD

monochromatic

#987E1E #CBA928 #DDC053 #E7D386 #F1E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DDC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC053

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC053	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)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.131 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd288',
    500: '#ddc053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc053;
$custom-light: #ebd288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81213,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC053

secondary

#384D9C

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC053

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

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