#DDC66D#DDC66D

#DDC66D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.113 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC66D
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -3.28, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 47.29, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0103 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.113 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7750, 56.8666, 22.6615)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC66D #6D84DD

analogous

#DD8E6D #DDC66D #BCDD6D

triadic

#DDC66D #6DDDC6 #C66DDD

tetradic

#DDC66D #6DDD8E #6D84DD #DD6DBC

square

#DDC66D #6DDD8E #6D84DD #DD6DBC

split-complementary

#DDC66D #6DBCDD #8E6DDD

monochromatic

#A88E27 #D1B33B #DDC66D #E9D99F #F4EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DDC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC66D

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC66D	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.113 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#ddc66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc66d;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8274,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC66D

secondary

#4359AB

accent

#3FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC66D

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

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