#DDCE5C#DDCE5C

#DDCE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE5C
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -8.73, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 58.00, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0278 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8238, 60.2895, 18.9250)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE5C #5C6BDD

analogous

#DD8E5C #DDCE5C #ACDD5C

triadic

#DDCE5C #5CDDCE #CE5CDD

tetradic

#DDCE5C #5CDD8E #5C6BDD #DD5CAC

square

#DDCE5C #5CDD8E #5C6BDD #DD5CAC

split-complementary

#DDCE5C #5CACDD #8E5CDD

monochromatic

#9E8F21 #D0BD2B #DDCE5C #E8DD8F #F2ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#DDCE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE5C

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE5C	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8e',
    500: '#ddce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce5c;
$custom-light: #eadc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84179,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE5C

secondary

#3C48A1

accent

#2DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE5C

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

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