#DDCD4F#DDCD4F

#DDCD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD4F
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -9.07, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 63.20, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0303 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0635, 59.6015, 16.1047)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD4F #4F5FDD

analogous

#DD864F #DDCD4F #A6DD4F

triadic

#DDCD4F #4FDDCD #CD4FDD

tetradic

#DDCD4F #4FDD86 #4F5FDD #DD4FA6

square

#DDCD4F #4FDD86 #4F5FDD #DD4FA6

split-complementary

#DDCD4F #4FA6DD #864FDD

monochromatic

#95871D #C8B627 #DDCD4F #E7DC82 #F1EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DDCD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD4F

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD4F	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)

#DFC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb86',
    500: '#ddcd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd4f;
$custom-light: #ebdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83845,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD4F

secondary

#374299

accent

#51EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD4F

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

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