#DDCE53#DDCE53

#DDCE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE53
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -9.33, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 61.89, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0306 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4535, 60.1414, 16.9747)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE53 #5362DD

analogous

#DD8953 #DDCE53 #A7DD53

triadic

#DDCE53 #53DDCE #CE53DD

tetradic

#DDCE53 #53DD89 #5362DD #DD53A7

square

#DDCE53 #53DD89 #5362DD #DD53A7

split-complementary

#DDCE53 #53A7DD #8953DD

monochromatic

#988A1E #CBB928 #DDCE53 #E7DD86 #F1EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#DDCE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE53

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE53	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc89',
    500: '#ddce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce53;
$custom-light: #ebdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84089,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE53

secondary

#38439C

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE53

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

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