#DDCD5F#DDCD5F

#DDCD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD5F
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -8.00, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 56.30, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0254 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7176, 59.8631, 19.5494)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD5F #5F6FDD

analogous

#DD8E5F #DDCD5F #AEDD5F

triadic

#DDCD5F #5FDDCD #CD5FDD

tetradic

#DDCD5F #5FDD8E #5F6FDD #DD5FAE

square

#DDCD5F #5FDD8E #5F6FDD #DD5FAE

split-complementary

#DDCD5F #5FAEDD #8E5FDD

monochromatic

#A09022 #D2BD2D #DDCD5F #E8DD91 #F2EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD5F

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD5F	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)

#DEC754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc90',
    500: '#ddcd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd5f;
$custom-light: #eadc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84004,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD5F

secondary

#3D4AA3

accent

#30CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD5F

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

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