#DDCB55#DDCB55

#DDCB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB55
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -7.68, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 59.99, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0256 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.138 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8165, 58.7421, 17.1488)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB55 #5567DD

analogous

#DD8755 #DDCB55 #ABDD55

triadic

#DDCB55 #55DDCB #CB55DD

tetradic

#DDCB55 #55DD87 #5567DD #DD55AB

square

#DDCB55 #55DD87 #5567DD #DD55AB

split-complementary

#DDCB55 #55ABDD #8755DD

monochromatic

#99891F #CCB629 #DDCB55 #E7DB88 #F1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DDCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB55

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB55	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8a',
    500: '#ddcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb55;
$custom-light: #ebda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB55

secondary

#39469D

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB55

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

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