#DDCC5B#DDCC5B

#DDCC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC5B
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -7.78, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 57.72, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0252 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3020, 59.3153, 18.5368)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC5B #5B6CDD

analogous

#DD8B5B #DDCC5B #ADDD5B

triadic

#DDCC5B #5BDDCC #CC5BDD

tetradic

#DDCC5B #5BDD8B #5B6CDD #DD5BAD

square

#DDCC5B #5BDD8B #5B6CDD #DD5BAD

split-complementary

#DDCC5B #5BADDD #8B5BDD

monochromatic

#9D8D21 #D0BA2B #DDCC5B #E8DC8E #F2ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC5B

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8d',
    500: '#ddcc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc5b;
$custom-light: #eadb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83755,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC5B

secondary

#3B49A1

accent

#30CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC5B

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

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