#DDCD64#DDCD64

#DDCD64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD64
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 100)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -7.62, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 54.03, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0238 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9522, 59.9569, 20.7850)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD64 #6474DD

analogous

#DD9064 #DDCD64 #B0DD64

triadic

#DDCD64 #64DDCD #CD64DD

tetradic

#DDCD64 #64DD90 #6474DD #DD64B0

square

#DDCD64 #64DD90 #6474DD #DD64B0

split-complementary

#DDCD64 #64B0DD #9064DD

monochromatic

#A39224 #D2BD32 #DDCD64 #E8DD96 #F3EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DDCD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD64

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD64	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc93',
    500: '#ddcd64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd64;
$custom-light: #eadc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84061,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD64

secondary

#3F4DA6

accent

#31CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD64

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

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