#DDC653#DDC653

#DDC653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC653
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -5.25, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 59.16, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0189 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.5764, 56.3872, 16.3490)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC653 #536ADD

analogous

#DD8153 #DDC653 #AFDD53

triadic

#DDC653 #53DDC6 #C653DD

tetradic

#DDC653 #53DD81 #536ADD #DD53AF

square

#DDC653 #53DD81 #536ADD #DD53AF

split-complementary

#DDC653 #53AFDD #8153DD

monochromatic

#98831E #CBB028 #DDC653 #E7D786 #F1E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DDC653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC653

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC653	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd788',
    500: '#ddc653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc653;
$custom-light: #ebd788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82438,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.56385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC653

secondary

#38499C

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC653

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

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