#DDCC60#DDCC60

#DDCC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC60
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -7.42, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 55.49, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0236 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5249, 59.4045, 19.7109)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC60 #6071DD

analogous

#DD8E60 #DDCC60 #B0DD60

triadic

#DDCC60 #60DDCC #CC60DD

tetradic

#DDCC60 #60DD8E #6071DD #DD60B0

square

#DDCC60 #60DD8E #6071DD #DD60B0

split-complementary

#DDCC60 #60B0DD #8E60DD

monochromatic

#A08F22 #D2BC2E #DDCC60 #E8DC92 #F3ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DDCC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC60

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC60	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb90',
    500: '#ddcc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc60;
$custom-light: #eadb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC60

secondary

#3E4BA4

accent

#31CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC60

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

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