#DDCB4F#DDCB4F

#DDCB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB4F
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -8.06, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 62.51, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0274 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.5882, 58.6508, 15.9463)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB4F #4F61DD

analogous

#DD844F #DDCB4F #A8DD4F

triadic

#DDCB4F #4FDDCB #CB4FDD

tetradic

#DDCB4F #4FDD84 #4F61DD #DD4FA8

square

#DDCB4F #4FDD84 #4F61DD #DD4FA8

split-complementary

#DDCB4F #4FA8DD #844FDD

monochromatic

#95861D #C8B427 #DDCB4F #E7DA82 #F1E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDCB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB4F

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB4F	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)

#DDC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda86',
    500: '#ddcb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb4f;
$custom-light: #ebda86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83431,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.58649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB4F

secondary

#374399

accent

#53EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB4F

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

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