#DDCD60#DDCD60

#DDCD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.131 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD60
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -7.93, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 55.85, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0251 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.131 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.7633, 59.8814, 19.7903)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD60 #6070DD

analogous

#DD8F60 #DDCD60 #AFDD60

triadic

#DDCD60 #60DDCD #CD60DD

tetradic

#DDCD60 #60DD8F #6070DD #DD60AF

square

#DDCD60 #60DD8F #6070DD #DD60AF

split-complementary

#DDCD60 #60AFDD #8F60DD

monochromatic

#A09022 #D2BD2E #DDCD60 #E8DD92 #F3EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD60

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD60	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.131 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc91',
    500: '#ddcd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd60;
$custom-light: #eadc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84016,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD60

secondary

#3E4BA4

accent

#30CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD60

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

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