#DDC660#DDC660

#DDC660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC660
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -4.34, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 53.38, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0148 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1262, 56.6071, 19.2446)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC660 #6077DD

analogous

#DD8860 #DDC660 #B6DD60

triadic

#DDC660 #60DDC6 #C660DD

tetradic

#DDC660 #60DD88 #6077DD #DD60B6

square

#DDC660 #60DD88 #6077DD #DD60B6

split-complementary

#DDC660 #60B6DD #8860DD

monochromatic

#A08922 #D2B42E #DDC660 #E8D892 #F3EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DDC660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC660

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC660	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead790',
    500: '#ddc660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc660;
$custom-light: #ead790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82577,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC660

secondary

#3E50A4

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC660

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

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