#DDCA54#DDCA54

#DDCA54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA54
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -7.24, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 60.07, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0245 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5417, 58.2555, 16.8626)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA54 #5467DD

analogous

#DD8654 #DDCA54 #ABDD54

triadic

#DDCA54 #54DDCA #CA54DD

tetradic

#DDCA54 #54DD86 #5467DD #DD54AB

square

#DDCA54 #54DD86 #5467DD #DD54AB

split-complementary

#DDCA54 #54ABDD #8654DD

monochromatic

#98871E #CBB528 #DDCA54 #E7DA87 #F1EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DDCA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA54

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA54	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)

#DCC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#ddca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca54;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83271,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA54

secondary

#39479C

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA54

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

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