#DDCB5C#DDCB5C

#DDCB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB5C
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -7.20, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 56.92, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0234 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1085, 58.8589, 18.6866)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB5C #5C6EDD

analogous

#DD8B5C #DDCB5C #AFDD5C

triadic

#DDCB5C #5CDDCB #CB5CDD

tetradic

#DDCB5C #5CDD8B #5C6EDD #DD5CAF

square

#DDCB5C #5CDD8B #5C6EDD #DD5CAF

split-complementary

#DDCB5C #5CAFDD #8B5CDD

monochromatic

#9E8C21 #D0B92B #DDCB5C #E8DB8F #F2EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB5C

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB5C	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)

#DCC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8e',
    500: '#ddcb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb5c;
$custom-light: #eada8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83559,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB5C

secondary

#3C4AA1

accent

#31CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB5C

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

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