#DDC96F#DDC96F

#DDC96F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.113 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC96F
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 49.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -4.65, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 47.39, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.014 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.113 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5764, 58.2952, 23.4658)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC96F #6F83DD

analogous

#DD926F #DDC96F #BADD6F

triadic

#DDC96F #6FDDC9 #C96FDD

tetradic

#DDC96F #6FDD92 #6F83DD #DD6FBA

square

#DDC96F #6FDD92 #6F83DD #DD6FBA

split-complementary

#DDC96F #6FBADD #926FDD

monochromatic

#AA9228 #D1B63D #DDC96F #E9DCA1 #F4EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DDC96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC96F

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC96F	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.113 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99a',
    500: '#ddc96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc96f;
$custom-light: #ead99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83379,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC96F

secondary

#4457AC

accent

#3CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC96F

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

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