#DDC165#DDC165

#DDC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC165
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -1.36, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 49.42, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0056 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2397, 54.4541, 20.1211)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC165 #6581DD

analogous

#DD8565 #DDC165 #BDDD65

triadic

#DDC165 #65DDC1 #C165DD

tetradic

#DDC165 #65DD85 #6581DD #DD65BD

square

#DDC165 #65DD85 #6581DD #DD65BD

split-complementary

#DDC165 #65BDDD #8565DD

monochromatic

#A48624 #D2AD33 #DDC165 #E8D597 #F3E9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DDC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC165

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC165	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead393',
    500: '#ddc165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc165;
$custom-light: #ead393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC165

secondary

#4058A7

accent

#43CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC165

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

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