#DDC268#DDC268

#DDC268 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.114 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC268
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 104)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -1.64, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 48.33, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.006 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.114 93)
XYZ	xyz(51.6112, 54.9575, 20.9833)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC268 #6883DD

analogous

#DD8768 #DDC268 #BDDD68

triadic

#DDC268 #68DDC2 #C268DD

tetradic

#DDC268 #68DD87 #6883DD #DD68BD

square

#DDC268 #68DD87 #6883DD #DD68BD

split-complementary

#DDC268 #68BDDD #8768DD

monochromatic

#A58825 #D2AE36 #DDC268 #E8D69A #F3EACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DDC268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC268

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC268	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.114 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead495',
    500: '#ddc268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc268;
$custom-light: #ead495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.54955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC268

secondary

#4159A8

accent

#43CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC268

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

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