#DDCB5B#DDCB5B

#DDCB5B 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 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB5B
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -7.27, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 57.37, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0238 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0651, 58.8415, 18.4579)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB5B #5B6DDD

analogous

#DD8A5B #DDCB5B #AEDD5B

triadic

#DDCB5B #5BDDCB #CB5BDD

tetradic

#DDCB5B #5BDD8A #5B6DDD #DD5BAE

square

#DDCB5B #5BDD8A #5B6DDD #DD5BAE

split-complementary

#DDCB5B #5BAEDD #8A5BDD

monochromatic

#9D8C21 #D0B92B #DDCB5B #E8DB8E #F2EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB5B

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB5B	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8d',
    500: '#ddcb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb5b;
$custom-light: #eada8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83548,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB5B

secondary

#3B4AA1

accent

#31CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB5B

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

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