#DDCC4E#DDCC4E

#DDCC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC4E
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -8.62, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 63.26, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0291 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7890, 59.1101, 15.8350)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC4E #4E5FDD

analogous

#DD844E #DDCC4E #A6DD4E

triadic

#DDCC4E #4EDDCC #CC4EDD

tetradic

#DDCC4E #4EDD84 #4E5FDD #DD4EA6

square

#DDCC4E #4EDD84 #4E5FDD #DD4EA6

split-complementary

#DDCC4E #4EA6DD #844EDD

monochromatic

#94861C #C7B426 #DDCC4E #E7DB81 #F1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DDCC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC4E

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC4E	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb85',
    500: '#ddcc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc4e;
$custom-light: #ebdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83629,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC4E

secondary

#364299

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC4E

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

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