#DDCC5E#DDCC5E

#DDCC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC5E
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -7.57, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 56.39, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0243 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4340, 59.3681, 19.2321)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC5E #5E6FDD

analogous

#DD8D5E #DDCC5E #AEDD5E

triadic

#DDCC5E #5EDDCC #CC5EDD

tetradic

#DDCC5E #5EDD8D #5E6FDD #DD5EAE

square

#DDCC5E #5EDD8D #5E6FDD #DD5EAE

split-complementary

#DDCC5E #5EAEDD #8D5EDD

monochromatic

#9F8E22 #D2BB2C #DDCC5E #E8DC91 #F2ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#DDCC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC5E

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC5E	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)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8f',
    500: '#ddcc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc5e;
$custom-light: #eadb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83787,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC5E

secondary

#3D4AA2

accent

#31CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC5E

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

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