#DDC560#DDC560

#DDC560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC560
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -3.83, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 53.05, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0133 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8984, 56.1515, 19.1687)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC560 #6078DD

analogous

#DD8760 #DDC560 #B7DD60

triadic

#DDC560 #60DDC5 #C560DD

tetradic

#DDC560 #60DD87 #6078DD #DD60B7

square

#DDC560 #60DD87 #6078DD #DD60B7

split-complementary

#DDC560 #60B7DD #8760DD

monochromatic

#A08822 #D2B32E #DDC560 #E8D792 #F3EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DDC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC560

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC560	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead690',
    500: '#ddc560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc560;
$custom-light: #ead690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82373,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC560

secondary

#3E51A4

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC560

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

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