#DDC169#DDC169

#DDC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.113 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC169
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -1.03, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 47.53, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0042 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.113 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4405, 54.5344, 21.1785)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC169 #6985DD

analogous

#DD8769 #DDC169 #BFDD69

triadic

#DDC169 #69DDC1 #C169DD

tetradic

#DDC169 #69DD87 #6985DD #DD69BF

square

#DDC169 #69DD87 #6985DD #DD69BF

split-complementary

#DDC169 #69BFDD #8769DD

monochromatic

#A68726 #D2AC37 #DDC169 #E8D69B #F4EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC169

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC169	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.113 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead396',
    500: '#ddc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc169;
$custom-light: #ead396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81672,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC169

secondary

#415AA9

accent

#45CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC169

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

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