#DDC863#DDC863

#DDC863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC863
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -5.14, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 52.69, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0167 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.124 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7271, 57.5838, 20.1394)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC863 #6378DD

analogous

#DD8B63 #DDC863 #B5DD63

triadic

#DDC863 #63DDC8 #C863DD

tetradic

#DDC863 #63DD8B #6378DD #DD63B5

square

#DDC863 #63DD8B #6378DD #DD63B5

split-complementary

#DDC863 #63B5DD #8B63DD

monochromatic

#A28C23 #D2B631 #DDC863 #E8DA95 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DDC863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC863

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC863	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead892',
    500: '#ddc863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc863;
$custom-light: #ead892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC863

secondary

#3F50A5

accent

#38CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC863

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

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