A new subclass of H-matrices named \(\textrm{SDD}_1\) -type matrices is introduced. The relationships between \(\textrm{SDD}_1\) -type matrices and other subclasses of H-matrices are studied. Moreover, the infinite norm bounds for the inverse of \(\textrm{SDD}_1\) -type matrices are provided. As applications, error bounds of the linear complementarity problems (LCPs) for \(\textrm{SDD}_1\) -type matrices and strictly diagonally dominant ( \(\textrm{SDD}\) ) matrices strictly diagonally dominant (are also presented, which improve some existing bounds. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.