#DDCA5E#DDCA5E

#DDCA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA5E
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -6.55, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 55.67, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0213 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9617, 58.4235, 19.0746)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA5E #5E71DD

analogous

#DD8B5E #DDCA5E #B0DD5E

triadic

#DDCA5E #5EDDCA #CA5EDD

tetradic

#DDCA5E #5EDD8B #5E71DD #DD5EB0

square

#DDCA5E #5EDD8B #5E71DD #DD5EB0

split-complementary

#DDCA5E #5EB0DD #8B5EDD

monochromatic

#9F8C22 #D2B92C #DDCA5E #E8DB91 #F2EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DDCA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA5E

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA5E	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)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98f',
    500: '#ddca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca5e;
$custom-light: #ead98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83375,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA5E

secondary

#3D4CA2

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA5E

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

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