#DDCD66#DDCD66

#DDCD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD66
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -7.46, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 53.11, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0231 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0502, 59.9961, 21.3011)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD66 #6676DD

analogous

#DD9166 #DDCD66 #B1DD66

triadic

#DDCD66 #66DDCD #CD66DD

tetradic

#DDCD66 #66DD91 #6676DD #DD66B1

square

#DDCD66 #66DD91 #6676DD #DD66B1

split-complementary

#DDCD66 #66B1DD #9166DD

monochromatic

#A49324 #D2BD34 #DDCD66 #E8DD98 #F3EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#DDCD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD66

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD66	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc94',
    500: '#ddcd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd66;
$custom-light: #eadc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84085,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD66

secondary

#404EA7

accent

#32CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD66

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

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