#DDCD65#DDCD65

#DDCD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD65
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -7.54, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 53.57, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0234 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0009, 59.9764, 21.0415)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD65 #6575DD

analogous

#DD9165 #DDCD65 #B1DD65

triadic

#DDCD65 #65DDCD #CD65DD

tetradic

#DDCD65 #65DD91 #6575DD #DD65B1

square

#DDCD65 #65DD91 #6575DD #DD65B1

split-complementary

#DDCD65 #65B1DD #9165DD

monochromatic

#A49324 #D2BD33 #DDCD65 #E8DD97 #F3EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DDCD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD65

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD65	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)

#DDC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc94',
    500: '#ddcd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd65;
$custom-light: #eadc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84073,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD65

secondary

#404DA7

accent

#32CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD65

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

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