#DDCE5E#DDCE5E

#DDCE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE5E
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -8.58, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 57.12, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0272 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.134 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9124, 60.3250, 19.3915)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE5E #5E6DDD

analogous

#DD8F5E #DDCE5E #ADDD5E

triadic

#DDCE5E #5EDDCE #CE5EDD

tetradic

#DDCE5E #5EDD8F #5E6DDD #DD5EAD

square

#DDCE5E #5EDD8F #5E6DDD #DD5EAD

split-complementary

#DDCE5E #5EADDD #8F5EDD

monochromatic

#9F9022 #D2BE2C #DDCE5E #E8DD91 #F2EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#DDCE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE5E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE5E	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)

#DFC852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8f',
    500: '#ddce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce5e;
$custom-light: #eadc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.842,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE5E

secondary

#3D49A2

accent

#2ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE5E

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

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