#DDCB58#DDCB58

#DDCB58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB58
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -7.48, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 58.69, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0247 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9382, 58.7908, 17.7899)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB58 #586ADD

analogous

#DD8958 #DDCB58 #ACDD58

triadic

#DDCB58 #58DDCB #CB58DD

tetradic

#DDCB58 #58DD89 #586ADD #DD58AC

square

#DDCB58 #58DD89 #586ADD #DD58AC

split-complementary

#DDCB58 #58ACDD #8958DD

monochromatic

#9B8A20 #CEB82A #DDCB58 #E7DB8B #F2EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DDCB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB58

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB58	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8b',
    500: '#ddcb58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb58;
$custom-light: #eada8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83517,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB58

secondary

#3A489F

accent

#30CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB58

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

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