#DDCC54#DDCC54

#DDCC54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC54
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -8.25, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 60.76, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0274 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0140, 59.2001, 17.0201)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC54 #5465DD

analogous

#DD8854 #DDCC54 #A9DD54

triadic

#DDCC54 #54DDCC #CC54DD

tetradic

#DDCC54 #54DD88 #5465DD #DD54A9

square

#DDCC54 #54DD88 #5465DD #DD54A9

split-complementary

#DDCC54 #54A9DD #8854DD

monochromatic

#98891E #CBB728 #DDCC54 #E7DB87 #F1EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#DDCC54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC54

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC54	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb89',
    500: '#ddcc54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc54;
$custom-light: #ebdb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83684,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC54

secondary

#39459C

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC54

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

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