#DDCB4E#DDCB4E

#DDCB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB4E
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -8.12, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 62.92, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0276 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5521, 58.6363, 15.7560)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB4E #4E60DD

analogous

#DD834E #DDCB4E #A7DD4E

triadic

#DDCB4E #4EDDCB #CB4EDD

tetradic

#DDCB4E #4EDD83 #4E60DD #DD4EA7

square

#DDCB4E #4EDD83 #4E60DD #DD4EA7

split-complementary

#DDCB4E #4EA7DD #834EDD

monochromatic

#94851C #C7B326 #DDCB4E #E7DA81 #F1E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDCB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB4E

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB4E	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda85',
    500: '#ddcb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb4e;
$custom-light: #ebda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83422,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB4E

secondary

#364399

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB4E

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

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