#DDCE65#DDCE65

#DDCE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE65
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -8.05, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 53.94, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0249 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2409, 60.4563, 21.1215)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE65 #6574DD

analogous

#DD9265 #DDCE65 #B0DD65

triadic

#DDCE65 #65DDCE #CE65DD

tetradic

#DDCE65 #65DD92 #6574DD #DD65B0

square

#DDCE65 #65DD92 #6574DD #DD65B0

split-complementary

#DDCE65 #65B0DD #9265DD

monochromatic

#A49424 #D2BE33 #DDCE65 #E8DE97 #F3EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DDCE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE65

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE65	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc94',
    500: '#ddce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce65;
$custom-light: #eadc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8428,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE65

secondary

#404DA7

accent

#30CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE65

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

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