#DDCA69#DDCA69

#DDCA69 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.120 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA69
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -5.68, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 50.60, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0176 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.12 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4909, 58.6352, 21.8620)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA69 #697CDD

analogous

#DD9069 #DDCA69 #B6DD69

triadic

#DDCA69 #69DDCA #CA69DD

tetradic

#DDCA69 #69DD90 #697CDD #DD69B6

square

#DDCA69 #69DD90 #697CDD #DD69B6

split-complementary

#DDCA69 #69B6DD #9069DD

monochromatic

#A69126 #D2B837 #DDCA69 #E8DC9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDCA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA69

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA69	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.120 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead996',
    500: '#ddca69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca69;
$custom-light: #ead996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83505,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA69

secondary

#4152A9

accent

#38CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA69

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

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