#DDC76E#DDC76E

#DDC76E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.112 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC76E
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -3.71, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 47.16, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0114 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.112 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0584, 57.3469, 23.0231)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC76E #6E84DD

analogous

#DD8F6E #DDC76E #BCDD6E

triadic

#DDC76E #6EDDC7 #C76EDD

tetradic

#DDC76E #6EDD8F #6E84DD #DD6EBC

square

#DDC76E #6EDD8F #6E84DD #DD6EBC

split-complementary

#DDC76E #6EBCDD #8F6EDD

monochromatic

#A98F28 #D1B43C #DDC76E #E9DAA0 #F4EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC76E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DDC76E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC76E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC76E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC76E	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc76e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.112 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#ddc76e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc76e;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc76e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82957,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC76E

secondary

#4458AC

accent

#3ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC76E

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

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