#DDC968#DDC968

#DDC968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.120 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC968
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -5.25, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 50.71, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0165 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.12 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2059, 58.1470, 21.5149)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC968 #687CDD

analogous

#DD8E68 #DDC968 #B6DD68

triadic

#DDC968 #68DDC9 #C968DD

tetradic

#DDC968 #68DD8E #687CDD #DD68B6

square

#DDC968 #68DD8E #687CDD #DD68B6

split-complementary

#DDC968 #68B6DD #8E68DD

monochromatic

#A58F25 #D2B736 #DDC968 #E8DB9A #F3EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DDC968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC968

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC968	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.120 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead995',
    500: '#ddc968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc968;
$custom-light: #ead995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83288,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC968

secondary

#4153A8

accent

#39CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC968

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

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