#DDC571#DDC571

#DDC571 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.108 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC571
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 113)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -2.41, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 45.02, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0073 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.108 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7674, 56.4991, 23.7455)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC571 #7189DD

analogous

#DD8F71 #DDC571 #BFDD71

triadic

#DDC571 #71DDC5 #C571DD

tetradic

#DDC571 #71DD8F #7189DD #DD71BF

square

#DDC571 #71DD8F #7189DD #DD71BF

split-complementary

#DDC571 #71BFDD #8F71DD

monochromatic

#AB8E29 #D1B140 #DDC571 #E9D9A2 #F5EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DDC571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC571

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC571	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.108 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead69b',
    500: '#ddc571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc571;
$custom-light: #ead69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82592,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC571

secondary

#455CAD

accent

#43C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC571

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

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