#DDCD4C#DDCD4C

#DDCD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD4C
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -9.25, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 64.42, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0311 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9568, 59.5588, 15.5426)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD4C #4C5CDD

analogous

#DD844C #DDCD4C #A5DD4C

triadic

#DDCD4C #4CDDCD #CD4CDD

tetradic

#DDCD4C #4CDD84 #4C5CDD #DD4CA5

square

#DDCD4C #4CDD84 #4C5CDD #DD4CA5

split-complementary

#DDCD4C #4CA5DD #844CDD

monochromatic

#93861C #C6B426 #DDCD4C #E7DB7F #F1EAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DDCD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD4C

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD4C	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb84',
    500: '#ddcd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd4c;
$custom-light: #ebdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83819,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD4C

secondary

#364097

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD4C

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

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