#DDCA66#DDCA66

#DDCA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA66
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -5.93, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 52.01, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0187 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3394, 58.5746, 21.0642)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA66 #6679DD

analogous

#DD8E66 #DDCA66 #B4DD66

triadic

#DDCA66 #66DDCA #CA66DD

tetradic

#DDCA66 #66DD8E #6679DD #DD66B4

square

#DDCA66 #66DD8E #6679DD #DD66B4

split-complementary

#DDCA66 #66B4DD #8E66DD

monochromatic

#A49024 #D2B934 #DDCA66 #E8DB98 #F3EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DDCA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA66

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA66	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)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead994',
    500: '#ddca66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca66;
$custom-light: #ead994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83468,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA66

secondary

#4051A7

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA66

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

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