#DDCA5F#DDCA5F

#DDCA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA5F
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -6.47, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 55.22, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.021 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0068, 58.4416, 19.3125)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA5F #5F72DD

analogous

#DD8B5F #DDCA5F #B1DD5F

triadic

#DDCA5F #5FDDCA #CA5FDD

tetradic

#DDCA5F #5FDD8B #5F72DD #DD5FB1

square

#DDCA5F #5FDD8B #5F72DD #DD5FB1

split-complementary

#DDCA5F #5FB1DD #8B5FDD

monochromatic

#A08D22 #D2B92D #DDCA5F #E8DB91 #F2EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DDCA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA5F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA5F	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead990',
    500: '#ddca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca5f;
$custom-light: #ead990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83386,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA5F

secondary

#3D4DA3

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA5F

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

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