#DDC553#DDC553

#DDC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC553
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -4.74, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 58.84, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0174 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3486, 55.9316, 16.2731)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC553 #536BDD

analogous

#DD8053 #DDC553 #B0DD53

triadic

#DDC553 #53DDC5 #C553DD

tetradic

#DDC553 #53DD80 #536BDD #DD53B0

square

#DDC553 #53DD80 #536BDD #DD53B0

split-complementary

#DDC553 #53B0DD #8053DD

monochromatic

#98821E #CBAE28 #DDC553 #E7D686 #F1E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DDC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC553

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC553	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd688',
    500: '#ddc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc553;
$custom-light: #ebd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82233,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC553

secondary

#384A9C

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC553

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

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