#DDCC65#DDCC65

#DDCC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC65
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -7.03, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 53.20, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.022 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7624, 59.4995, 20.9620)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC65 #6576DD

analogous

#DD9065 #DDCC65 #B2DD65

triadic

#DDCC65 #65DDCC #CC65DD

tetradic

#DDCC65 #65DD90 #6576DD #DD65B2

square

#DDCC65 #65DD90 #6576DD #DD65B2

split-complementary

#DDCC65 #65B2DD #9065DD

monochromatic

#A49124 #D2BB33 #DDCC65 #E8DD97 #F3EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DDCC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC65

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC65	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb94',
    500: '#ddcc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc65;
$custom-light: #eadb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83867,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC65

secondary

#404EA7

accent

#33CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC65

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

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