#DDCA63#DDCA63

#DDCA63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA63
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -6.17, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 53.40, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0197 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.1933, 58.5162, 20.2948)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA63 #6376DD

analogous

#DD8D63 #DDCA63 #B3DD63

triadic

#DDCA63 #63DDCA #CA63DD

tetradic

#DDCA63 #63DD8D #6376DD #DD63B3

square

#DDCA63 #63DD8D #6376DD #DD63B3

split-complementary

#DDCA63 #63B3DD #8D63DD

monochromatic

#A28E23 #D2B931 #DDCA63 #E8DB95 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DDCA63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA63

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA63	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead992',
    500: '#ddca63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca63;
$custom-light: #ead992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA63

secondary

#3F4FA5

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA63

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

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