#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
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -8.80, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 58.44, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0281 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7804, 60.2722, 18.6963)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##DDCE5B	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)

#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

Preview with #DDCE5B

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

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