#DDC953#DDC953

#DDC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC953
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -6.79, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 60.16, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0233 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2689, 57.7722, 16.5799)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC953 #5367DD

analogous

#DD8453 #DDC953 #ACDD53

triadic

#DDC953 #53DDC9 #C953DD

tetradic

#DDC953 #53DD84 #5367DD #DD53AC

square

#DDC953 #53DD84 #5367DD #DD53AC

split-complementary

#DDC953 #53ACDD #8453DD

monochromatic

#98861E #CBB328 #DDC953 #E7D986 #F1E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DDC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC953

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC953	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#ddc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc953;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83055,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC953

secondary

#38479C

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC953

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

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