#DDCD68#DDCD68

#DDCD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.124 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD68
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -7.30, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 52.18, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0224 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.124 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1506, 60.0363, 21.8298)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD68 #6878DD

analogous

#DD9268 #DDCD68 #B2DD68

triadic

#DDCD68 #68DDCD #CD68DD

tetradic

#DDCD68 #68DD92 #6878DD #DD68B2

square

#DDCD68 #68DD92 #6878DD #DD68B2

split-complementary

#DDCD68 #68B2DD #9268DD

monochromatic

#A59425 #D2BC36 #DDCD68 #E8DE9A #F3EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DDCD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD68

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD68	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.124 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc96',
    500: '#ddcd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd68;
$custom-light: #eadc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8411,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD68

secondary

#414FA8

accent

#33CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD68

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

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