#DDC353#DDC353

#DDC353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC353
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -3.71, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 58.20, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0145 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8975, 55.0293, 16.1227)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC353 #536DDD

analogous

#DD7E53 #DDC353 #B2DD53

triadic

#DDC353 #53DDC3 #C353DD

tetradic

#DDC353 #53DD7E #536DDD #DD53B2

square

#DDC353 #53DD7E #536DDD #DD53B2

split-complementary

#DDC353 #53B2DD #7E53DD

monochromatic

#98811E #CBAC28 #DDC353 #E7D586 #F1E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DDC353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC353

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC353	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd488',
    500: '#ddc353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc353;
$custom-light: #ebd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC353

secondary

#384B9C

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC353

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

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