#DDCA5B#DDCA5B

#DDCA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA5B
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -6.76, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 57.02, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0223 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8297, 58.3707, 18.3794)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA5B #5B6EDD

analogous

#DD895B #DDCA5B #AFDD5B

triadic

#DDCA5B #5BDDCA #CA5BDD

tetradic

#DDCA5B #5BDD89 #5B6EDD #DD5BAF

square

#DDCA5B #5BDD89 #5B6EDD #DD5BAF

split-complementary

#DDCA5B #5BAFDD #895BDD

monochromatic

#9D8B21 #D0B82B #DDCA5B #E8DA8E #F2EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DDCA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA5B

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA5B	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98d',
    500: '#ddca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca5b;
$custom-light: #ead98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83342,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA5B

secondary

#3B4AA1

accent

#33CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA5B

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

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