#DDC552#DDC552

#DDC552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC552
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -4.80, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 59.27, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0177 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3103, 55.9162, 16.0712)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC552 #526ADD

analogous

#DD7F52 #DDC552 #B0DD52

triadic

#DDC552 #52DDC5 #C552DD

tetradic

#DDC552 #52DD7F #526ADD #DD52B0

square

#DDC552 #52DD7F #526ADD #DD52B0

split-complementary

#DDC552 #52B0DD #7F52DD

monochromatic

#97821E #CAAE28 #DDC552 #E7D685 #F1E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DDC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC552

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC552	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd687',
    500: '#ddc552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc552;
$custom-light: #ebd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82224,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC552

secondary

#38499B

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC552

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

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