#DDCA5C#DDCA5C

#DDCA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA5C
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -6.69, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 56.57, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.022 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8731, 58.3881, 18.6081)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA5C #5C6FDD

analogous

#DD8A5C #DDCA5C #B0DD5C

triadic

#DDCA5C #5CDDCA #CA5CDD

tetradic

#DDCA5C #5CDD8A #5C6FDD #DD5CB0

square

#DDCA5C #5CDD8A #5C6FDD #DD5CB0

split-complementary

#DDCA5C #5CB0DD #8A5CDD

monochromatic

#9E8B21 #D0B82B #DDCA5C #E8DA8F #F2EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DDCA5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA5C

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA5C	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#ddca5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca5c;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83353,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA5C

secondary

#3C4BA1

accent

#33CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA5C

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

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