#DDC86D#DDC86D

#DDC86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.114 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC86D
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -4.32, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 47.99, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0132 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.114 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2351, 57.7870, 22.8149)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC86D #6D82DD

analogous

#DD906D #DDC86D #BADD6D

triadic

#DDC86D #6DDDC8 #C86DDD

tetradic

#DDC86D #6DDD90 #6D82DD #DD6DBA

square

#DDC86D #6DDD90 #6D82DD #DD6DBA

split-complementary

#DDC86D #6DBADD #906DDD

monochromatic

#A89027 #D1B53B #DDC86D #E9DB9F #F4EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DDC86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC86D

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC86D	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.114 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead899',
    500: '#ddc86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc86d;
$custom-light: #ead899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83148,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC86D

secondary

#4357AB

accent

#3CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC86D

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

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