#DDC569#DDC569

#DDC569 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC569
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -3.11, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 48.85, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0102 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.116 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3367, 56.3268, 21.4772)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC569 #6981DD

analogous

#DD8B69 #DDC569 #BBDD69

triadic

#DDC569 #69DDC5 #C569DD

tetradic

#DDC569 #69DD8B #6981DD #DD69BB

square

#DDC569 #69DD8B #6981DD #DD69BB

split-complementary

#DDC569 #69BBDD #8B69DD

monochromatic

#A68B26 #D2B237 #DDC569 #E8D89B #F4ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC569

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC569	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead696',
    500: '#ddc569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc569;
$custom-light: #ead696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82484,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC569

secondary

#4157A9

accent

#3FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC569

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

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