#DDC765#DDC765

#DDC765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.121 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC765
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -4.47, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 51.41, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0146 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.121 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5931, 57.1608, 20.5722)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC765 #657BDD

analogous

#DD8B65 #DDC765 #B7DD65

triadic

#DDC765 #65DDC7 #C765DD

tetradic

#DDC765 #65DD8B #657BDD #DD65B7

square

#DDC765 #65DD8B #657BDD #DD65B7

split-complementary

#DDC765 #65B7DD #8B65DD

monochromatic

#A48C24 #D2B533 #DDC765 #E8D997 #F3EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DDC765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC765

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC765	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.121 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead793',
    500: '#ddc765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc765;
$custom-light: #ead793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82841,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC765

secondary

#4053A7

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC765

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

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