#DDC96E#DDC96E

#DDC96E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.114 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC96E
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -4.74, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 47.87, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0144 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.114 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5216, 58.2733, 23.1775)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC96E #6E82DD

analogous

#DD916E #DDC96E #BADD6E

triadic

#DDC96E #6EDDC9 #C96EDD

tetradic

#DDC96E #6EDD91 #6E82DD #DD6EBA

square

#DDC96E #6EDD91 #6E82DD #DD6EBA

split-complementary

#DDC96E #6EBADD #916EDD

monochromatic

#A99228 #D1B73C #DDC96E #E9DBA0 #F4EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DDC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC96E

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC96E	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)

#D9C566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.114 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#ddc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc96e;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83366,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC96E

secondary

#4456AC

accent

#3BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC96E

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

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