#DDCB50#DDCB50

#DDCB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB50
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -8.00, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 62.10, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0271 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.142 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.6248, 58.6654, 16.1394)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB50 #5062DD

analogous

#DD8550 #DDCB50 #A9DD50

triadic

#DDCB50 #50DDCB #CB50DD

tetradic

#DDCB50 #50DD85 #5062DD #DD50A9

square

#DDCB50 #50DD85 #5062DD #DD50A9

split-complementary

#DDCB50 #50A9DD #8550DD

monochromatic

#96861D #C9B427 #DDCB50 #E7DA83 #F1E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDCB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB50

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB50	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)

#DDC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda87',
    500: '#ddcb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb50;
$custom-light: #ebda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8344,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.58663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB50

secondary

#37449A

accent

#54EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB50

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

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