#DDC253#DDC253

#DDC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC253
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -3.19, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 57.89, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.013 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.133 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6742, 54.5827, 16.0483)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC253 #536EDD

analogous

#DD7D53 #DDC253 #B3DD53

triadic

#DDC253 #53DDC2 #C253DD

tetradic

#DDC253 #53DD7D #536EDD #DD53B3

square

#DDC253 #53DD7D #536EDD #DD53B3

split-complementary

#DDC253 #53B3DD #7D53DD

monochromatic

#98801E #CBAB28 #DDC253 #E7D486 #F1E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DDC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC253

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC253	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd488',
    500: '#ddc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc253;
$custom-light: #ebd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC253

secondary

#384C9C

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC253

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

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