#DDC86C#DDC86C

#DDC86C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC86C
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -4.40, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 48.47, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0136 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.115 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1816, 57.7656, 22.5330)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC86C #6C81DD

analogous

#DD906C #DDC86C #B9DD6C

triadic

#DDC86C #6CDDC8 #C86CDD

tetradic

#DDC86C #6CDD90 #6C81DD #DD6CB9

square

#DDC86C #6CDD90 #6C81DD #DD6CB9

split-complementary

#DDC86C #6CB9DD #906CDD

monochromatic

#A89027 #D2B53A #DDC86C #E8DB9E #F4EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DDC86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC86C

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC86C	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.115 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead898',
    500: '#ddc86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc86c;
$custom-light: #ead898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83135,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC86C

secondary

#4356AA

accent

#3CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC86C

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

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