#DDCB5A#DDCB5A

#DDCB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB5A
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -7.34, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 57.81, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0241 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0222, 58.8244, 18.2322)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB5A #5A6CDD

analogous

#DD895A #DDCB5A #ADDD5A

triadic

#DDCB5A #5ADDCB #CB5ADD

tetradic

#DDCB5A #5ADD89 #5A6CDD #DD5AAD

square

#DDCB5A #5ADD89 #5A6CDD #DD5AAD

split-complementary

#DDCB5A #5AADDD #895ADD

monochromatic

#9C8B20 #CFB92B #DDCB5A #E7DB8D #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DDCB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB5A

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB5A	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)

#DCC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8d',
    500: '#ddcb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb5a;
$custom-light: #eada8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83538,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB5A

secondary

#3B49A0

accent

#31CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB5A

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

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