#DDCB56#DDCB56

#DDCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB56
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -7.61, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 59.56, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0253 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8565, 58.7581, 17.3595)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB56 #5668DD

analogous

#DD8756 #DDCB56 #ABDD56

triadic

#DDCB56 #56DDCB #CB56DD

tetradic

#DDCB56 #56DD87 #5668DD #DD56AB

square

#DDCB56 #56DD87 #5668DD #DD56AB

split-complementary

#DDCB56 #56ABDD #8756DD

monochromatic

#9A891F #CDB729 #DDCB56 #E7DB89 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DDCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB56

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8a',
    500: '#ddcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb56;
$custom-light: #ebda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83497,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB56

secondary

#3A479E

accent

#30CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB56

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

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