#DDC960#DDC960

#DDC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.127 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC960
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -5.89, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 54.42, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0192 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.127 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8187, 57.9922, 19.4755)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC960 #6074DD

analogous

#DD8B60 #DDC960 #B3DD60

triadic

#DDC960 #60DDC9 #C960DD

tetradic

#DDC960 #60DD8B #6074DD #DD60B3

square

#DDC960 #60DD8B #6074DD #DD60B3

split-complementary

#DDC960 #60B3DD #8B60DD

monochromatic

#A08C22 #D2B82E #DDC960 #E8DA92 #F3EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DDC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC960

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC960	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.127 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead990',
    500: '#ddc960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc960;
$custom-light: #ead990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83192,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC960

secondary

#3E4EA4

accent

#36CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC960

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

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