#DDCB60#DDCB60

#DDCB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB60
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -6.91, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 55.13, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0222 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2880, 58.9307, 19.6319)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB60 #6072DD

analogous

#DD8D60 #DDCB60 #B1DD60

triadic

#DDCB60 #60DDCB #CB60DD

tetradic

#DDCB60 #60DD8D #6072DD #DD60B1

square

#DDCB60 #60DD8D #6072DD #DD60B1

split-complementary

#DDCB60 #60B1DD #8D60DD

monochromatic

#A08E22 #D2BB2E #DDCB60 #E8DB92 #F3ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DDCB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB60

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB60	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada90',
    500: '#ddcb60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb60;
$custom-light: #eada90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83603,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB60

secondary

#3E4CA4

accent

#33CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB60

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

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