#DDCC52#DDCC52

#DDCC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC52
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -8.38, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 61.61, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.028 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9368, 59.1693, 16.6134)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC52 #5263DD

analogous

#DD8752 #DDCC52 #A9DD52

triadic

#DDCC52 #52DDCC #CC52DD

tetradic

#DDCC52 #52DD87 #5263DD #DD52A9

square

#DDCC52 #52DD87 #5263DD #DD52A9

split-complementary

#DDCC52 #52A9DD #8752DD

monochromatic

#97881E #CAB628 #DDCC52 #E7DB85 #F1EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DDCC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC52

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC52	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb88',
    500: '#ddcc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc52;
$custom-light: #ebdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83665,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC52

secondary

#38449B

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC52

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

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