#DDC96D#DDC96D

#DDC96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC96D
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -4.83, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 48.35, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0147 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4675, 58.2517, 22.8923)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC96D #6D81DD

analogous

#DD916D #DDC96D #B9DD6D

triadic

#DDC96D #6DDDC9 #C96DDD

tetradic

#DDC96D #6DDD91 #6D81DD #DD6DB9

square

#DDC96D #6DDD91 #6D81DD #DD6DB9

split-complementary

#DDC96D #6DB9DD #916DDD

monochromatic

#A89127 #D1B73B #DDC96D #E9DB9F #F4EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DDC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC96D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC96D	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#ddc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc96d;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83352,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC96D

secondary

#4356AB

accent

#3BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC96D

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

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