#DDC954#DDC954

#DDC954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC954
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -6.72, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 59.73, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.023 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3078, 57.7878, 16.7847)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC954 #5468DD

analogous

#DD8554 #DDC954 #ACDD54

triadic

#DDC954 #54DDC9 #C954DD

tetradic

#DDC954 #54DD85 #5468DD #DD54AC

square

#DDC954 #54DD85 #5468DD #DD54AC

split-complementary

#DDC954 #54ACDD #8554DD

monochromatic

#98871E #CBB428 #DDC954 #E7D987 #F1E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DDC954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC954

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC954	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#ddc954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc954;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83065,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC954

secondary

#39479C

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC954

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

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