#DDCA50#DDCA50

#DDCA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA50
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -7.49, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 61.76, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0256 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3895, 58.1946, 16.0610)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA50 #5063DD

analogous

#DD8450 #DDCA50 #AADD50

triadic

#DDCA50 #50DDCA #CA50DD

tetradic

#DDCA50 #50DD84 #5063DD #DD50AA

square

#DDCA50 #50DD84 #5063DD #DD50AA

split-complementary

#DDCA50 #50AADD #8450DD

monochromatic

#96851D #C9B327 #DDCA50 #E7DA83 #F1E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DDCA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA50

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA50	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd986',
    500: '#ddca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca50;
$custom-light: #ebd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83233,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA50

secondary

#37459A

accent

#55EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA50

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

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