#DDCD5C#DDCD5C

#DDCD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5C
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -8.22, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 57.64, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0264 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5838, 59.8096, 18.8450)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5C #5C6CDD

analogous

#DD8D5C #DDCD5C #ADDD5C

triadic

#DDCD5C #5CDDCD #CD5CDD

tetradic

#DDCD5C #5CDD8D #5C6CDD #DD5CAD

square

#DDCD5C #5CDD8D #5C6CDD #DD5CAD

split-complementary

#DDCD5C #5CADDD #8D5CDD

monochromatic

#9E8E21 #D0BC2B #DDCD5C #E8DD8F #F2ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5C

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5C	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)

#DEC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8e',
    500: '#ddcd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5c;
$custom-light: #eadc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83972,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5C

secondary

#3C48A1

accent

#2FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5C

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

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