#DDCC66#DDCC66

#DDCC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC66
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -6.95, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 52.74, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0216 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.8117, 59.5192, 21.2216)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC66 #6677DD

analogous

#DD9066 #DDCC66 #B2DD66

triadic

#DDCC66 #66DDCC #CC66DD

tetradic

#DDCC66 #66DD90 #6677DD #DD66B2

square

#DDCC66 #66DD90 #6677DD #DD66B2

split-complementary

#DDCC66 #66B2DD #9066DD

monochromatic

#A49224 #D2BB34 #DDCC66 #E8DD98 #F3EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DDCC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC66

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC66	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)

#DCC75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb94',
    500: '#ddcc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc66;
$custom-light: #eadb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83879,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.59517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC66

secondary

#404FA7

accent

#33CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC66

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

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