#DDCB53#DDCB53

#DDCB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB53
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -7.81, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 60.84, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0262 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7382, 58.7108, 16.7363)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB53 #5365DD

analogous

#DD8653 #DDCB53 #AADD53

triadic

#DDCB53 #53DDCB #CB53DD

tetradic

#DDCB53 #53DD86 #5365DD #DD53AA

square

#DDCB53 #53DD86 #5365DD #DD53AA

split-complementary

#DDCB53 #53AADD #8653DD

monochromatic

#98881E #CBB628 #DDCB53 #E7DA86 #F1EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB53

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB53	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)

#DDC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda88',
    500: '#ddcb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb53;
$custom-light: #ebda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83468,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB53

secondary

#38459C

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB53

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

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