#DDCD5E#DDCD5E

#DDCD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5E
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -8.08, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 56.75, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0257 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6724, 59.8450, 19.3116)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5E #5E6EDD

analogous

#DD8E5E #DDCD5E #AEDD5E

triadic

#DDCD5E #5EDDCD #CD5EDD

tetradic

#DDCD5E #5EDD8E #5E6EDD #DD5EAE

square

#DDCD5E #5EDD8E #5E6EDD #DD5EAE

split-complementary

#DDCD5E #5EAEDD #8E5EDD

monochromatic

#9F8F22 #D2BD2C #DDCD5E #E8DD91 #F2ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5E	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)

#DEC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8f',
    500: '#ddcd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5e;
$custom-light: #eadc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83994,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5E

secondary

#3D4AA2

accent

#2FCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5E

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

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