#DDC453#DDC453

#DDC453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC453
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -4.22, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 58.52, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0159 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1223, 55.4790, 16.1977)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC453 #536CDD

analogous

#DD7F53 #DDC453 #B1DD53

triadic

#DDC453 #53DDC4 #C453DD

tetradic

#DDC453 #53DD7F #536CDD #DD53B1

square

#DDC453 #53DD7F #536CDD #DD53B1

split-complementary

#DDC453 #53B1DD #7F53DD

monochromatic

#98821E #CBAD28 #DDC453 #E7D686 #F1E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DDC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC453

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC453	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd588',
    500: '#ddc453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc453;
$custom-light: #ebd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82029,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC453

secondary

#384A9C

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC453

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

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