#DDC573#DDC573

#DDC573 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.106 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC573
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -2.22, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 44.05, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0066 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.106 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8812, 56.5446, 24.3450)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC573 #738BDD

analogous

#DD9073 #DDC573 #C0DD73

triadic

#DDC573 #73DDC5 #C573DD

tetradic

#DDC573 #73DD90 #738BDD #DD73C0

square

#DDC573 #73DD90 #738BDD #DD73C0

split-complementary

#DDC573 #73C0DD #9073DD

monochromatic

#AC8E2A #D1B142 #DDC573 #E9D9A4 #F5EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DDC573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC573

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC573	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.106 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d69d',
    500: '#ddc573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc573;
$custom-light: #e9d69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82621,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC573

secondary

#465EAE

accent

#44C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC573

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

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