#DDCE5B#DDCE5B

#DDCE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDCE5B
RGBrgb(221, 206, 91)
HSLhsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSVhsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.99, -8.80, 57.78)
CIE-LCHlch(81.99, 58.44, 98.66°)
OKLaboklab(84.17% -0.0281 0.1332)
OKLCHoklch(84.17% 0.136 101.9)
XYZxyz(53.7804, 60.2722, 18.6963)
Luminance0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDCE5B #5B6ADD
analogous
#DD8D5B #DDCE5B #ABDD5B
triadic
#DDCE5B #5BDDCE #CE5BDD
tetradic
#DDCE5B #5BDD8D #5B6ADD #DD5BAB
square
#DDCE5B #5BDD8D #5B6ADD #DD5BAB
split-complementary
#DDCE5B #5BABDD #8D5BDD
monochromatic
#9D8F21 #D0BD2B #DDCE5B #E8DD8E #F2ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#DDCE5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05
#DDCE5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE5B
13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDCE5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDCE5B1.001.6113.0513.05
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0521.001.001.00
##00000013.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC84F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ECC1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.136 101.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8d',
    500: '#ddce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddce5b;
$custom-light: #eadc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84168,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDCE5B
secondary
#3B47A1
accent
#2DCE18
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#DDCE5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva