#DDCE5A#DDCE5A

#DDCE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE5A
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -8.87, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 58.88, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0284 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.7375, 60.2550, 18.4706)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE5A #5A69DD

analogous

#DD8C5A #DDCE5A #AADD5A

triadic

#DDCE5A #5ADDCE #CE5ADD

tetradic

#DDCE5A #5ADD8C #5A69DD #DD5AAA

square

#DDCE5A #5ADD8C #5A69DD #DD5AAA

split-complementary

#DDCE5A #5AAADD #8C5ADD

monochromatic

#9C8E20 #CFBC2B #DDCE5A #E7DD8D #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE5A

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE5A	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8d',
    500: '#ddce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce5a;
$custom-light: #eadc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84158,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.60253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE5A

secondary

#3B47A0

accent

#2DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE5A

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

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