#DDCA60#DDCA60

#DDCA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA60
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -6.40, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 54.77, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0207 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0526, 58.4599, 19.5534)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA60 #6073DD

analogous

#DD8C60 #DDCA60 #B2DD60

triadic

#DDCA60 #60DDCA #CA60DD

tetradic

#DDCA60 #60DD8C #6073DD #DD60B2

square

#DDCA60 #60DD8C #6073DD #DD60B2

split-complementary

#DDCA60 #60B2DD #8C60DD

monochromatic

#A08D22 #D2B92E #DDCA60 #E8DB92 #F3ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DDCA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA60

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA60	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead990',
    500: '#ddca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca60;
$custom-light: #ead990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83397,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA60

secondary

#3E4DA4

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA60

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

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