#DDCA56#DDCA56

#DDCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA56
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -7.10, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 59.21, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0239 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(52.6211, 58.2873, 17.2811)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA56 #5669DD

analogous

#DD8756 #DDCA56 #ACDD56

triadic

#DDCA56 #56DDCA #CA56DD

tetradic

#DDCA56 #56DD87 #5669DD #DD56AC

square

#DDCA56 #56DD87 #5669DD #DD56AC

split-complementary

#DDCA56 #56ACDD #8756DD

monochromatic

#9A881F #CDB629 #DDCA56 #E7DA89 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DDCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA56

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA56	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98a',
    500: '#ddca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca56;
$custom-light: #ebd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83291,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.58285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA56

secondary

#3A489E

accent

#31CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA56

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

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