#DDCD53#DDCD53

#DDCD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD53
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -8.83, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 61.53, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0291 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2135, 59.6615, 16.8947)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD53 #5363DD

analogous

#DD8853 #DDCD53 #A8DD53

triadic

#DDCD53 #53DDCD #CD53DD

tetradic

#DDCD53 #53DD88 #5363DD #DD53A8

square

#DDCD53 #53DD88 #5363DD #DD53A8

split-complementary

#DDCD53 #53A8DD #8853DD

monochromatic

#988A1E #CBB828 #DDCD53 #E7DC86 #F1EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DDCD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD53

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD53	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)

#DFC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc88',
    500: '#ddcd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd53;
$custom-light: #ebdc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83882,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD53

secondary

#38449C

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD53

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

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