#DDCC69#DDCC69

#DDCC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC69
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -6.71, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 51.34, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0206 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9632, 59.5798, 22.0194)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC69 #697ADD

analogous

#DD9269 #DDCC69 #B4DD69

triadic

#DDCC69 #69DDCC #CC69DD

tetradic

#DDCC69 #69DD92 #697ADD #DD69B4

square

#DDCC69 #69DD92 #697ADD #DD69B4

split-complementary

#DDCC69 #69B4DD #9269DD

monochromatic

#A69326 #D2BB37 #DDCC69 #E8DD9B #F4EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DDCC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC69

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC69	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb96',
    500: '#ddcc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc69;
$custom-light: #eadb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83916,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC69

secondary

#4151A9

accent

#35CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC69

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

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