#DDCC5D#DDCC5D

#DDCC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC5D
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -7.64, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 56.83, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0246 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3894, 59.3503, 18.9973)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC5D #5D6EDD

analogous

#DD8C5D #DDCC5D #AEDD5D

triadic

#DDCC5D #5DDDCC #CC5DDD

tetradic

#DDCC5D #5DDD8C #5D6EDD #DD5DAE

square

#DDCC5D #5DDD8C #5D6EDD #DD5DAE

split-complementary

#DDCC5D #5DAEDD #8C5DDD

monochromatic

#9E8E21 #D1BB2C #DDCC5D #E8DC90 #F2ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#DDCC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC5D

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC5D	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8f',
    500: '#ddcc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc5d;
$custom-light: #eadb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83776,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC5D

secondary

#3C4AA2

accent

#30CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC5D

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

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