#DDC868#DDC868

#DDC868 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.119 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC868
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -4.74, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 50.36, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.015 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.119 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9736, 57.6823, 21.4375)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC868 #687DDD

analogous

#DD8D68 #DDC868 #B7DD68

triadic

#DDC868 #68DDC8 #C868DD

tetradic

#DDC868 #68DD8D #687DDD #DD68B7

square

#DDC868 #68DD8D #687DDD #DD68B7

split-complementary

#DDC868 #68B7DD #8D68DD

monochromatic

#A58E25 #D2B636 #DDC868 #E8DA9A #F3ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DDC868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC868

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC868	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.119 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead895',
    500: '#ddc868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc868;
$custom-light: #ead895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83083,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC868

secondary

#4154A8

accent

#3ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC868

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

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