#DDC853#DDC853

#DDC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC853
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -6.28, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 59.82, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0218 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0366, 57.3075, 16.5024)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC853 #5368DD

analogous

#DD8353 #DDC853 #ADDD53

triadic

#DDC853 #53DDC8 #C853DD

tetradic

#DDC853 #53DD83 #5368DD #DD53AD

square

#DDC853 #53DD83 #5368DD #DD53AD

split-complementary

#DDC853 #53ADDD #8353DD

monochromatic

#98851E #CBB228 #DDC853 #E7D886 #F1E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DDC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC853

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC853	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd888',
    500: '#ddc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc853;
$custom-light: #ebd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82849,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC853

secondary

#38479C

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC853

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

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