#DDC963#DDC963

#DDC963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC963
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -5.66, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 53.04, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0182 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9595, 58.0485, 20.2168)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC963 #6377DD

analogous

#DD8C63 #DDC963 #B4DD63

triadic

#DDC963 #63DDC9 #C963DD

tetradic

#DDC963 #63DD8C #6377DD #DD63B4

square

#DDC963 #63DD8C #6377DD #DD63B4

split-complementary

#DDC963 #63B4DD #8C63DD

monochromatic

#A28D23 #D2B831 #DDC963 #E8DA95 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDC963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC963

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC963	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead992',
    500: '#ddc963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc963;
$custom-light: #ead992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC963

secondary

#3F50A5

accent

#37CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC963

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

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