#DDCD52#DDCD52

#DDCD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD52
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -8.89, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 61.95, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0294 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1752, 59.6461, 16.6929)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD52 #5262DD

analogous

#DD8852 #DDCD52 #A7DD52

triadic

#DDCD52 #52DDCD #CD52DD

tetradic

#DDCD52 #52DD88 #5262DD #DD52A7

square

#DDCD52 #52DD88 #5262DD #DD52A7

split-complementary

#DDCD52 #52A7DD #8852DD

monochromatic

#97891E #CAB728 #DDCD52 #E7DC85 #F1EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DDCD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD52

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD52	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc88',
    500: '#ddcd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd52;
$custom-light: #ebdc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83873,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD52

secondary

#38439B

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD52

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

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