#DDCB68#DDCB68

#DDCB68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB68
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -6.28, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 51.44, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0195 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6752, 59.0856, 21.6713)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB68 #687ADD

analogous

#DD9068 #DDCB68 #B4DD68

triadic

#DDCB68 #68DDCB #CB68DD

tetradic

#DDCB68 #68DD90 #687ADD #DD68B4

square

#DDCB68 #68DD90 #687ADD #DD68B4

split-complementary

#DDCB68 #68B4DD #9068DD

monochromatic

#A59225 #D2BA36 #DDCB68 #E8DC9A #F3EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DDCB68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB68

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB68	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada96',
    500: '#ddcb68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb68;
$custom-light: #eada96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83698,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB68

secondary

#4151A8

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB68

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

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