#DDC970#DDC970

#DDC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.112 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC970
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -4.56, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 46.91, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0136 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.112 97)
XYZ	xyz(53.6317, 58.3174, 23.7574)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC970 #7084DD

analogous

#DD9270 #DDC970 #BADD70

triadic

#DDC970 #70DDC9 #C970DD

tetradic

#DDC970 #70DD92 #7084DD #DD70BA

square

#DDC970 #70DD92 #7084DD #DD70BA

split-complementary

#DDC970 #70BADD #9270DD

monochromatic

#AA9228 #D1B63F #DDC970 #E9DCA1 #F5EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DDC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC970

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC970	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)

#D9C568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.112 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99b',
    500: '#ddc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc970;
$custom-light: #ead99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83393,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.58315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC970

secondary

#4558AD

accent

#3CC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC970

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

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