#DDC565#DDC565

#DDC565 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.119 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC565
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -3.44, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 50.73, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0116 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.12 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1359, 56.2465, 20.4198)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC565 #657DDD

analogous

#DD8965 #DDC565 #B9DD65

triadic

#DDC565 #65DDC5 #C565DD

tetradic

#DDC565 #65DD89 #657DDD #DD65B9

square

#DDC565 #65DD89 #657DDD #DD65B9

split-complementary

#DDC565 #65B9DD #8965DD

monochromatic

#A48A24 #D2B233 #DDC565 #E8D897 #F3EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC565

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC565	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.119 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead693',
    500: '#ddc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc565;
$custom-light: #ead693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC565

secondary

#4054A7

accent

#3DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC565

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

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