#DDCA52#DDCA52

#DDCA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA52
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -7.36, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 60.92, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.025 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4645, 58.2246, 16.4560)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA52 #5265DD

analogous

#DD8552 #DDCA52 #AADD52

triadic

#DDCA52 #52DDCA #CA52DD

tetradic

#DDCA52 #52DD85 #5265DD #DD52AA

square

#DDCA52 #52DD85 #5265DD #DD52AA

split-complementary

#DDCA52 #52AADD #8552DD

monochromatic

#97861E #CAB428 #DDCA52 #E7DA85 #F1E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DDCA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA52

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA52	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)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#ddca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca52;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA52

secondary

#38469B

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA52

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

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