#DDC952#DDC952

#DDC952 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC952
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -6.85, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 60.58, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0236 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2306, 57.7569, 16.3780)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC952 #5266DD

analogous

#DD8452 #DDC952 #ACDD52

triadic

#DDC952 #52DDC9 #C952DD

tetradic

#DDC952 #52DD84 #5266DD #DD52AC

square

#DDC952 #52DD84 #5266DD #DD52AC

split-complementary

#DDC952 #52ACDD #8452DD

monochromatic

#97851E #CAB328 #DDC952 #E7D985 #F1E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DDC952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC952

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC952	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#ddc952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc952;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83046,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC952

secondary

#38469B

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC952

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

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