#DDCB5D#DDCB5D

#DDCB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB5D
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -7.13, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 56.48, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0231 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1525, 58.8765, 18.9183)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB5D #5D6FDD

analogous

#DD8B5D #DDCB5D #AFDD5D

triadic

#DDCB5D #5DDDCB #CB5DDD

tetradic

#DDCB5D #5DDD8B #5D6FDD #DD5DAF

square

#DDCB5D #5DDD8B #5D6FDD #DD5DAF

split-complementary

#DDCB5D #5DAFDD #8B5DDD

monochromatic

#9E8D21 #D1BA2C #DDCB5D #E8DB90 #F2EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB5D

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB5D	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)

#DCC652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8e',
    500: '#ddcb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb5d;
$custom-light: #eada8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8357,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB5D

secondary

#3C4BA2

accent

#32CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB5D

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

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