#DDCB65#DDCB65

#DDCB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB65
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -6.52, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 52.83, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0205 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5255, 59.0257, 20.8830)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB65 #6577DD

analogous

#DD8F65 #DDCB65 #B3DD65

triadic

#DDCB65 #65DDCB #CB65DD

tetradic

#DDCB65 #65DD8F #6577DD #DD65B3

square

#DDCB65 #65DD8F #6577DD #DD65B3

split-complementary

#DDCB65 #65B3DD #8F65DD

monochromatic

#A49024 #D2BA33 #DDCB65 #E8DC97 #F3EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDCB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB65

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB65	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)

#DCC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada94',
    500: '#ddcb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb65;
$custom-light: #eada94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83661,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB65

secondary

#404FA7

accent

#35CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB65

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

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