#DDC16A#DDC16A

#DDC16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.112 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC16A
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -0.95, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 47.06, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0038 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.112 92)
XYZ	xyz(51.4922, 54.5550, 21.4508)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC16A #6A86DD

analogous

#DD886A #DDC16A #C0DD6A

triadic

#DDC16A #6ADDC1 #C16ADD

tetradic

#DDC16A #6ADD88 #6A86DD #DD6AC0

square

#DDC16A #6ADD88 #6A86DD #DD6AC0

split-complementary

#DDC16A #6AC0DD #886ADD

monochromatic

#A78726 #D2AC38 #DDC16A #E8D69C #F4EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC16A

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC16A	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)

#D2BE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.112 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead396',
    500: '#ddc16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc16a;
$custom-light: #ead396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.54553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC16A

secondary

#425BA9

accent

#46CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC16A

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

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