#DDCA65#DDCA65

#DDCA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA65
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -6.01, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 52.47, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.019 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2901, 58.5549, 20.8046)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA65 #6578DD

analogous

#DD8E65 #DDCA65 #B4DD65

triadic

#DDCA65 #65DDCA #CA65DD

tetradic

#DDCA65 #65DD8E #6578DD #DD65B4

square

#DDCA65 #65DD8E #6578DD #DD65B4

split-complementary

#DDCA65 #65B4DD #8E65DD

monochromatic

#A48F24 #D2B933 #DDCA65 #E8DB97 #F3EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DDCA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA65

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA65	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead994',
    500: '#ddca65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca65;
$custom-light: #ead994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83456,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA65

secondary

#4050A7

accent

#36CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA65

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

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