#DDCB63#DDCB63

#DDCB63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB63
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -6.68, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 53.76, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0212 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4287, 58.9870, 20.3732)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB63 #6375DD

analogous

#DD8E63 #DDCB63 #B2DD63

triadic

#DDCB63 #63DDCB #CB63DD

tetradic

#DDCB63 #63DD8E #6375DD #DD63B2

square

#DDCB63 #63DD8E #6375DD #DD63B2

split-complementary

#DDCB63 #63B2DD #8E63DD

monochromatic

#A29023 #D2BA31 #DDCB63 #E8DC95 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDCB63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB63

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB63	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada92',
    500: '#ddcb63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb63;
$custom-light: #eada92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83638,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB63

secondary

#3F4EA5

accent

#34CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB63

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

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