#DDCA68#DDCA68

#DDCA68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA68
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -5.77, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 51.07, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.018 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4398, 58.6148, 21.5929)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA68 #687BDD

analogous

#DD8F68 #DDCA68 #B5DD68

triadic

#DDCA68 #68DDCA #CA68DD

tetradic

#DDCA68 #68DD8F #687BDD #DD68B5

square

#DDCA68 #68DD8F #687BDD #DD68B5

split-complementary

#DDCA68 #68B5DD #8F68DD

monochromatic

#A59125 #D2B836 #DDCA68 #E8DC9A #F3EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DDCA68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA68

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA68	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead996',
    500: '#ddca68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca68;
$custom-light: #ead996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83493,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA68

secondary

#4152A8

accent

#37CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA68

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

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