#DDCD69#DDCD69

#DDCD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD69
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -7.22, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 51.71, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.022 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2017, 60.0567, 22.0989)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD69 #6979DD

analogous

#DD9369 #DDCD69 #B3DD69

triadic

#DDCD69 #69DDCD #CD69DD

tetradic

#DDCD69 #69DD93 #6979DD #DD69B3

square

#DDCD69 #69DD93 #6979DD #DD69B3

split-complementary

#DDCD69 #69B3DD #9369DD

monochromatic

#A69426 #D2BC37 #DDCD69 #E8DE9B #F4EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DDCD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD69

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD69	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)

#DDC860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc96',
    500: '#ddcd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd69;
$custom-light: #eadc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84122,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD69

secondary

#4150A9

accent

#33CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD69

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

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