#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
RGBrgb(221, 202, 83)
HSLhsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.87, -7.30, 60.05)
CIE-LCHlch(80.87, 60.50, 96.93°)
OKLaboklab(83.26% -0.0248 0.137)
OKLCHoklch(83.26% 0.139 100.2)
XYZxyz(52.5028, 58.2400, 16.6578)
Luminance0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##DDCA531.001.6612.6512.65
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6521.001.001.00
##00000012.6521.001.001.00

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

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#DDCA53 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva