#DDC160#DDC160

#DDC160 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC160
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -1.76, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 51.75, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0073 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.121 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0022, 54.3590, 18.8699)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC160 #607CDD

analogous

#DD8360 #DDC160 #BBDD60

triadic

#DDC160 #60DDC1 #C160DD

tetradic

#DDC160 #60DD83 #607CDD #DD60BB

square

#DDC160 #60DD83 #607CDD #DD60BB

split-complementary

#DDC160 #60BBDD #8360DD

monochromatic

#A08422 #D2AD2E #DDC160 #E8D592 #F3E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DDC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC160

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC160	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead390',
    500: '#ddc160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc160;
$custom-light: #ead390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC160

secondary

#3E54A4

accent

#41CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC160

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

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