#DDCD4E#DDCD4E

#DDCD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD4E
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -9.13, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 63.61, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0305 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0274, 59.5870, 15.9145)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD4E #4E5EDD

analogous

#DD854E #DDCD4E #A5DD4E

triadic

#DDCD4E #4EDDCD #CD4EDD

tetradic

#DDCD4E #4EDD85 #4E5EDD #DD4EA5

square

#DDCD4E #4EDD85 #4E5EDD #DD4EA5

split-complementary

#DDCD4E #4EA5DD #854EDD

monochromatic

#94871C #C7B526 #DDCD4E #E7DC81 #F1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DDCD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD4E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD4E	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb86',
    500: '#ddcd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd4e;
$custom-light: #ebdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83837,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD4E

secondary

#364199

accent

#51EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD4E

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

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