#DDCE3B#DDCE3B

#DDCE3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.159 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE3B
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -10.61, 70.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 71.07, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0367 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.159 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6818, 59.8327, 12.9107)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE3B #3B4ADD

analogous

#DD7D3B #DDCE3B #9BDD3B

triadic

#DDCE3B #3BDDCE #CE3BDD

tetradic

#DDCE3B #3BDD7D #3B4ADD #DD3B9B

square

#DDCE3B #3BDD7D #3B4ADD #DD3B9B

split-complementary

#DDCE3B #3B9BDD #7D3BDD

monochromatic

#867C17 #BAAC20 #DDCE3B #E6DB6F #EFE8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE3B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE3B	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)

#E1C71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.159 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc7b',
    500: '#ddce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce3b;
$custom-light: #ecdc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83902,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE3B

secondary

#30388C

accent

#4BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE3B

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

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