#DDCD5D#DDCD5D

#DDCD5D 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 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5D
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -8.15, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 57.20, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0261 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6278, 59.8272, 19.0768)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5D #5D6DDD

analogous

#DD8D5D #DDCD5D #ADDD5D

triadic

#DDCD5D #5DDDCD #CD5DDD

tetradic

#DDCD5D #5DDD8D #5D6DDD #DD5DAD

square

#DDCD5D #5DDD8D #5D6DDD #DD5DAD

split-complementary

#DDCD5D #5DADDD #8D5DDD

monochromatic

#9E8F21 #D1BC2C #DDCD5D #E8DD90 #F2ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5D	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8f',
    500: '#ddcd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5d;
$custom-light: #eadc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83983,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5D

secondary

#3C49A2

accent

#2FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5D

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

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