#DDCD5A#DDCD5A

#DDCD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5A
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -8.36, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 58.52, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.027 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4976, 59.7751, 18.3906)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5A #5A6ADD

analogous

#DD8B5A #DDCD5A #ABDD5A

triadic

#DDCD5A #5ADDCD #CD5ADD

tetradic

#DDCD5A #5ADD8B #5A6ADD #DD5AAB

square

#DDCD5A #5ADD8B #5A6ADD #DD5AAB

split-complementary

#DDCD5A #5AABDD #8B5ADD

monochromatic

#9C8D20 #CFBB2B #DDCD5A #E7DC8D #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5A

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5A	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8d',
    500: '#ddcd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5a;
$custom-light: #eadc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83951,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5A

secondary

#3B47A0

accent

#2ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5A

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

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