#DDC56A#DDC56A

#DDC56A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.115 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC56A
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -3.02, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 48.37, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0098 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.115 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3884, 56.3475, 21.7495)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC56A #6A82DD

analogous

#DD8C6A #DDC56A #BCDD6A

triadic

#DDC56A #6ADDC5 #C56ADD

tetradic

#DDC56A #6ADD8C #6A82DD #DD6ABC

square

#DDC56A #6ADD8C #6A82DD #DD6ABC

split-complementary

#DDC56A #6ABCDD #8C6ADD

monochromatic

#A78C26 #D2B238 #DDC56A #E8D89C #F4ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC56A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC56A	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)

#D5C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.115 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead697',
    500: '#ddc56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc56a;
$custom-light: #ead697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82497,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC56A

secondary

#4257A9

accent

#40CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC56A

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

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