#DDC969#DDC969

#DDC969 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.119 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC969
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -5.17, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 50.24, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0161 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.119 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2570, 58.1675, 21.7840)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC969 #697DDD

analogous

#DD8F69 #DDC969 #B7DD69

triadic

#DDC969 #69DDC9 #C969DD

tetradic

#DDC969 #69DD8F #697DDD #DD69B7

square

#DDC969 #69DD8F #697DDD #DD69B7

split-complementary

#DDC969 #69B7DD #8F69DD

monochromatic

#A69026 #D2B737 #DDC969 #E8DB9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DDC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC969

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC969	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)

#D9C560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.119 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead996',
    500: '#ddc969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc969;
$custom-light: #ead996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC969

secondary

#4153A9

accent

#39CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC969

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

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