#DDC153#DDC153

#DDC153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.132 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC153
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -2.67, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 57.58, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0115 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.132 95)
XYZ	xyz(50.4524, 54.1391, 15.9744)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC153 #536FDD

analogous

#DD7C53 #DDC153 #B4DD53

triadic

#DDC153 #53DDC1 #C153DD

tetradic

#DDC153 #53DD7C #536FDD #DD53B4

square

#DDC153 #53DD7C #536FDD #DD53B4

split-complementary

#DDC153 #53B4DD #7C53DD

monochromatic

#987F1E #CBAA28 #DDC153 #E7D386 #F1E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DDC153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC153

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC153	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.132 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd388',
    500: '#ddc153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc153;
$custom-light: #ebd388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81417,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.54137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC153

secondary

#384D9C

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC153

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

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