#DDCD5B#DDCD5B

#DDCD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5B
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -8.29, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 58.08, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0267 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5404, 59.7922, 18.6163)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5B #5B6BDD

analogous

#DD8C5B #DDCD5B #ACDD5B

triadic

#DDCD5B #5BDDCD #CD5BDD

tetradic

#DDCD5B #5BDD8C #5B6BDD #DD5BAC

square

#DDCD5B #5BDD8C #5B6BDD #DD5BAC

split-complementary

#DDCD5B #5BACDD #8C5BDD

monochromatic

#9D8E21 #D0BB2B #DDCD5B #E8DC8E #F2ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5B

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5B	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8d',
    500: '#ddcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5b;
$custom-light: #eadc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83961,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5B

secondary

#3B48A1

accent

#2ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5B

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

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