#DDC263#DDC263

#DDC263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC263
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -2.04, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 50.68, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0078 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.119 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3647, 54.8590, 19.6852)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC263 #637EDD

analogous

#DD8563 #DDC263 #BBDD63

triadic

#DDC263 #63DDC2 #C263DD

tetradic

#DDC263 #63DD85 #637EDD #DD63BB

square

#DDC263 #63DD85 #637EDD #DD63BB

split-complementary

#DDC263 #63BBDD #8563DD

monochromatic

#A28623 #D2AE31 #DDC263 #E8D695 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC263

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC263	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead492',
    500: '#ddc263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc263;
$custom-light: #ead492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC263

secondary

#3F56A5

accent

#41CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC263

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

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