#DDCC63#DDCC63

#DDCC63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC63
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -7.19, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 54.12, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0226 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6656, 59.4608, 20.4522)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC63 #6374DD

analogous

#DD8F63 #DDCC63 #B1DD63

triadic

#DDCC63 #63DDCC #CC63DD

tetradic

#DDCC63 #63DD8F #6374DD #DD63B1

square

#DDCC63 #63DD8F #6374DD #DD63B1

split-complementary

#DDCC63 #63B1DD #8F63DD

monochromatic

#A29123 #D2BC31 #DDCC63 #E8DC95 #F3EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DDCC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC63

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC63	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb92',
    500: '#ddcc63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc63;
$custom-light: #eadb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83844,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC63

secondary

#3F4DA5

accent

#32CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC63

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

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