#DDCA53#DDCA53

#DDCA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA53
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -7.30, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 60.50, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0248 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5028, 58.2400, 16.6578)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA53 #5366DD

analogous

#DD8553 #DDCA53 #ABDD53

triadic

#DDCA53 #53DDCA #CA53DD

tetradic

#DDCA53 #53DD85 #5366DD #DD53AB

square

#DDCA53 #53DD85 #5366DD #DD53AB

split-complementary

#DDCA53 #53ABDD #8553DD

monochromatic

#98871E #CBB428 #DDCA53 #E7DA86 #F1E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DDCA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA53

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA53	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#ddca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca53;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83261,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA53

secondary

#38469C

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA53

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

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