#DDCA55#DDCA55

#DDCA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA55
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -7.17, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 59.64, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0242 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5811, 58.2713, 17.0704)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA55 #5568DD

analogous

#DD8655 #DDCA55 #ACDD55

triadic

#DDCA55 #55DDCA #CA55DD

tetradic

#DDCA55 #55DD86 #5568DD #DD55AC

square

#DDCA55 #55DD86 #5568DD #DD55AC

split-complementary

#DDCA55 #55ACDD #8655DD

monochromatic

#99881F #CCB529 #DDCA55 #E7DA88 #F1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DDCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA55

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA55	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)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#ddca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca55;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83281,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA55

secondary

#39479D

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA55

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

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