#DDCC58#DDCC58

#DDCC58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC58
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -7.99, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 59.04, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0262 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.1751, 59.2646, 17.8689)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC58 #5869DD

analogous

#DD8958 #DDCC58 #ABDD58

triadic

#DDCC58 #58DDCC #CC58DD

tetradic

#DDCC58 #58DD89 #5869DD #DD58AB

square

#DDCC58 #58DD89 #5869DD #DD58AB

split-complementary

#DDCC58 #58ABDD #8958DD

monochromatic

#9B8B20 #CEB92A #DDCC58 #E7DC8B #F2EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DDCC58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC58

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC58	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8b',
    500: '#ddcc58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc58;
$custom-light: #eadb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83724,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC58

secondary

#3A479F

accent

#2FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC58

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

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