#DDCB54#DDCB54

#DDCB54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB54
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -7.75, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 60.41, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0259 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7771, 58.7263, 16.9411)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB54 #5466DD

analogous

#DD8754 #DDCB54 #AADD54

triadic

#DDCB54 #54DDCB #CB54DD

tetradic

#DDCB54 #54DD87 #5466DD #DD54AA

square

#DDCB54 #54DD87 #5466DD #DD54AA

split-complementary

#DDCB54 #54AADD #8754DD

monochromatic

#98881E #CBB628 #DDCB54 #E7DB87 #F1EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB54

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB54	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)

#DDC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda89',
    500: '#ddcb54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb54;
$custom-light: #ebda89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83478,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB54

secondary

#39469C

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB54

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

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