#DDC568#DDC568

#DDC568 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.117 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC568
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 104)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -3.19, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 49.32, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0105 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.117 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2856, 56.3064, 21.2081)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC568 #6880DD

analogous

#DD8A68 #DDC568 #BADD68

triadic

#DDC568 #68DDC5 #C568DD

tetradic

#DDC568 #68DD8A #6880DD #DD68BA

square

#DDC568 #68DD8A #6880DD #DD68BA

split-complementary

#DDC568 #68BADD #8A68DD

monochromatic

#A58B25 #D2B236 #DDC568 #E8D89A #F3EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DDC568 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC568

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC568	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.117 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead695',
    500: '#ddc568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc568;
$custom-light: #ead695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82471,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC568

secondary

#4156A8

accent

#3FCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC568

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

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