#DDC96B#DDC96B

#DDC96B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC96B
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -5.00, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 49.30, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0154 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3610, 58.2091, 22.3318)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC96B #6B7FDD

analogous

#DD906B #DDC96B #B8DD6B

triadic

#DDC96B #6BDDC9 #C96BDD

tetradic

#DDC96B #6BDD90 #6B7FDD #DD6BB8

square

#DDC96B #6BDD90 #6B7FDD #DD6BB8

split-complementary

#DDC96B #6BB8DD #906BDD

monochromatic

#A79126 #D2B739 #DDC96B #E8DB9D #F4EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DDC96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC96B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC96B	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead997',
    500: '#ddc96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc96b;
$custom-light: #ead997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83326,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC96B

secondary

#4254AA

accent

#3ACA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC96B

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

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