#DDCD54#DDCD54

#DDCD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD54
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -8.76, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 61.11, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0288 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2524, 59.6770, 17.0995)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD54 #5464DD

analogous

#DD8954 #DDCD54 #A8DD54

triadic

#DDCD54 #54DDCD #CD54DD

tetradic

#DDCD54 #54DD89 #5464DD #DD54A8

square

#DDCD54 #54DD89 #5464DD #DD54A8

split-complementary

#DDCD54 #54A8DD #8954DD

monochromatic

#988A1E #CBB828 #DDCD54 #E7DC87 #F1EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD54

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD54	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc89',
    500: '#ddcd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd54;
$custom-light: #ebdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD54

secondary

#39449C

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD54

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

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