#DDCB66#DDCB66

#DDCB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB66
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -6.44, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 52.37, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0201 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5748, 59.0454, 21.1426)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB66 #6678DD

analogous

#DD8F66 #DDCB66 #B3DD66

triadic

#DDCB66 #66DDCB #CB66DD

tetradic

#DDCB66 #66DD8F #6678DD #DD66B3

square

#DDCB66 #66DD8F #6678DD #DD66B3

split-complementary

#DDCB66 #66B3DD #8F66DD

monochromatic

#A49124 #D2BA34 #DDCB66 #E8DC98 #F3EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DDCB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB66

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB66	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada94',
    500: '#ddcb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb66;
$custom-light: #eada94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83673,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB66

secondary

#4050A7

accent

#35CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB66

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

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