#DDC869#DDC869

#DDC869 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.118 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC869
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -4.66, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 49.89, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0147 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.118 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0247, 57.7028, 21.7066)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC869 #697EDD

analogous

#DD8E69 #DDC869 #B8DD69

triadic

#DDC869 #69DDC8 #C869DD

tetradic

#DDC869 #69DD8E #697EDD #DD69B8

square

#DDC869 #69DD8E #697EDD #DD69B8

split-complementary

#DDC869 #69B8DD #8E69DD

monochromatic

#A68F26 #D2B637 #DDC869 #E8DA9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DDC869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC869

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC869	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#D8C460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.118 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead896',
    500: '#ddc869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc869;
$custom-light: #ead896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83096,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC869

secondary

#4154A9

accent

#3BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC869

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

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