#DDCA5D#DDCA5D

#DDCA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA5D
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -6.62, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 56.12, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0217 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9171, 58.4057, 18.8398)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA5D #5D70DD

analogous

#DD8A5D #DDCA5D #B0DD5D

triadic

#DDCA5D #5DDDCA #CA5DDD

tetradic

#DDCA5D #5DDD8A #5D70DD #DD5DB0

square

#DDCA5D #5DDD8A #5D70DD #DD5DB0

split-complementary

#DDCA5D #5DB0DD #8A5DDD

monochromatic

#9E8C21 #D1B82C #DDCA5D #E8DB90 #F2EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DDCA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA5D

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA5D	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)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98e',
    500: '#ddca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca5d;
$custom-light: #ead98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83364,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA5D

secondary

#3C4BA2

accent

#33CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA5D

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

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