#DDC76A#DDC76A

#DDC76A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.116 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC76A
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -4.06, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 49.06, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0128 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.116 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8455, 57.2618, 21.9019)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC76A #6A80DD

analogous

#DD8E6A #DDC76A #BADD6A

triadic

#DDC76A #6ADDC7 #C76ADD

tetradic

#DDC76A #6ADD8E #6A80DD #DD6ABA

square

#DDC76A #6ADD8E #6A80DD #DD6ABA

split-complementary

#DDC76A #6ABADD #8E6ADD

monochromatic

#A78E26 #D2B438 #DDC76A #E8DA9C #F4ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC76A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DDC76A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC76A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC76A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC76A	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.116 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead797',
    500: '#ddc76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc76a;
$custom-light: #ead797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82904,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC76A

secondary

#4256A9

accent

#3DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC76A

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

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