#DDC86E#DDC86E

#DDC86E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.113 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC86E
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -4.23, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 47.51, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0129 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.113 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2893, 57.8086, 23.1000)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC86E #6E83DD

analogous

#DD916E #DDC86E #BADD6E

triadic

#DDC86E #6EDDC8 #C86EDD

tetradic

#DDC86E #6EDD91 #6E83DD #DD6EBA

square

#DDC86E #6EDD91 #6E83DD #DD6EBA

split-complementary

#DDC86E #6EBADD #916EDD

monochromatic

#A99128 #D1B53C #DDC86E #E9DBA0 #F4EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DDC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC86E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC86E	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)

#D8C466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.113 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead899',
    500: '#ddc86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc86e;
$custom-light: #ead899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83161,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC86E

secondary

#4457AC

accent

#3DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC86E

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

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