#DDCC5A#DDCC5A

#DDCC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC5A
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -7.85, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 58.16, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0255 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2591, 59.2982, 18.3112)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC5A #5A6BDD

analogous

#DD8A5A #DDCC5A #ACDD5A

triadic

#DDCC5A #5ADDCC #CC5ADD

tetradic

#DDCC5A #5ADD8A #5A6BDD #DD5AAC

square

#DDCC5A #5ADD8A #5A6BDD #DD5AAC

split-complementary

#DDCC5A #5AACDD #8A5ADD

monochromatic

#9C8C20 #CFBA2B #DDCC5A #E7DC8D #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC5A

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC5A	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8d',
    500: '#ddcc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc5a;
$custom-light: #eadb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83744,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC5A

secondary

#3B48A0

accent

#2FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC5A

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

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