#DDC76D#DDC76D

#DDC76D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.113 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC76D
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -3.80, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 47.64, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0118 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.113 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0043, 57.3253, 22.7379)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC76D #6D83DD

analogous

#DD8F6D #DDC76D #BBDD6D

triadic

#DDC76D #6DDDC7 #C76DDD

tetradic

#DDC76D #6DDD8F #6D83DD #DD6DBB

square

#DDC76D #6DDD8F #6D83DD #DD6DBB

split-complementary

#DDC76D #6DBBDD #8F6DDD

monochromatic

#A88F27 #D1B43B #DDC76D #E9DA9F #F4EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DDC76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC76D

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC76D	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.113 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#ddc76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc76d;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82944,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC76D

secondary

#4358AB

accent

#3ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC76D

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

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