#DDCB69#DDCB69

#DDCB69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB69
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -6.20, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 50.97, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0191 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7263, 59.1060, 21.9404)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB69 #697BDD

analogous

#DD9169 #DDCB69 #B5DD69

triadic

#DDCB69 #69DDCB #CB69DD

tetradic

#DDCB69 #69DD91 #697BDD #DD69B5

square

#DDCB69 #69DD91 #697BDD #DD69B5

split-complementary

#DDCB69 #69B5DD #9169DD

monochromatic

#A69226 #D2BA37 #DDCB69 #E8DC9B #F4EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DDCB69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB69

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB69	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)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada96',
    500: '#ddcb69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb69;
$custom-light: #eada96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83711,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB69

secondary

#4151A9

accent

#36CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB69

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

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