#DDCB52#DDCB52

#DDCB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB52
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -7.87, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 61.26, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0265 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6998, 58.6954, 16.5344)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB52 #5264DD

analogous

#DD8652 #DDCB52 #AADD52

triadic

#DDCB52 #52DDCB #CB52DD

tetradic

#DDCB52 #52DD86 #5264DD #DD52AA

square

#DDCB52 #52DD86 #5264DD #DD52AA

split-complementary

#DDCB52 #52AADD #8652DD

monochromatic

#97871E #CAB528 #DDCB52 #E7DA85 #F1EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB52

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB52	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda88',
    500: '#ddcb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb52;
$custom-light: #ebda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83459,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB52

secondary

#38459B

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB52

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

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