#DDC166#DDC166

#DDC166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC166
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -1.28, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 48.95, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0052 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.116 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2890, 54.4738, 20.3807)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC166 #6682DD

analogous

#DD8566 #DDC166 #BDDD66

triadic

#DDC166 #66DDC1 #C166DD

tetradic

#DDC166 #66DD85 #6682DD #DD66BD

square

#DDC166 #66DD85 #6682DD #DD66BD

split-complementary

#DDC166 #66BDDD #8566DD

monochromatic

#A48624 #D2AD34 #DDC166 #E8D598 #F3EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DDC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC166

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC166	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)

#D2BE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead394',
    500: '#ddc166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc166;
$custom-light: #ead394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81633,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC166

secondary

#4058A7

accent

#44CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC166

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

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