#DDC563#DDC563

#DDC563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.121 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC563
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -3.60, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 51.66, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0123 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.121 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0391, 56.2078, 19.9100)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC563 #637BDD

analogous

#DD8863 #DDC563 #B8DD63

triadic

#DDC563 #63DDC5 #C563DD

tetradic

#DDC563 #63DD88 #637BDD #DD63B8

square

#DDC563 #63DD88 #637BDD #DD63B8

split-complementary

#DDC563 #63B8DD #8863DD

monochromatic

#A28923 #D2B231 #DDC563 #E8D895 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DDC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC563

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC563	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.121 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead692',
    500: '#ddc563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc563;
$custom-light: #ead692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82408,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC563

secondary

#3F53A5

accent

#3DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC563

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

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