#DDCD50#DDCD50

#DDCD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD50
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -9.01, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 62.79, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.03 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.1002, 59.6161, 16.2979)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD50 #5060DD

analogous

#DD8750 #DDCD50 #A7DD50

triadic

#DDCD50 #50DDCD #CD50DD

tetradic

#DDCD50 #50DD87 #5060DD #DD50A7

square

#DDCD50 #50DD87 #5060DD #DD50A7

split-complementary

#DDCD50 #50A7DD #8750DD

monochromatic

#96881D #C9B627 #DDCD50 #E7DC83 #F1EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DDCD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD50

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD50	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)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb87',
    500: '#ddcd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd50;
$custom-light: #ebdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83854,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.59614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD50

secondary

#37429A

accent

#51EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD50

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

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