#DDD963#DDD963

#DDD963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD963
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -13.75, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 59.15, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0414 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8854, 65.9004, 21.5255)
Luminance	0.6590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD963 #6367DD

analogous

#DD9C63 #DDD963 #A4DD63

triadic

#DDD963 #63DDD9 #D963DD

tetradic

#DDD963 #63DD9C #6367DD #DD63A4

square

#DDD963 #63DD9C #6367DD #DD63A4

split-complementary

#DDD963 #63A4DD #9C63DD

monochromatic

#A29E23 #D2CD31 #DDD963 #E8E595 #F3F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DDD963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD963

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD963	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae493',
    500: '#ddd963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd963;
$custom-light: #eae493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86546,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD963

secondary

#3F42A5

accent

#1FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD963

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

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