#DDC16B#DDC16B

#DDC16B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC16B
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -0.86, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 46.58, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0035 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.111 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5445, 54.5760, 21.7262)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC16B #6B87DD

analogous

#DD886B #DDC16B #C0DD6B

triadic

#DDC16B #6BDDC1 #C16BDD

tetradic

#DDC16B #6BDD88 #6B87DD #DD6BC0

square

#DDC16B #6BDD88 #6B87DD #DD6BC0

split-complementary

#DDC16B #6BC0DD #886BDD

monochromatic

#A78826 #D2AC39 #DDC16B #E8D69D #F4EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC16B

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC16B	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)

#D2BE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead397',
    500: '#ddc16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc16b;
$custom-light: #ead397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81699,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC16B

secondary

#425CAA

accent

#46CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC16B

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

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