#DDC86F#DDC86F

#DDC86F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.112 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC86F
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -4.14, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 47.03, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0125 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.112 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3440, 57.8305, 23.3884)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC86F #6F84DD

analogous

#DD916F #DDC86F #BBDD6F

triadic

#DDC86F #6FDDC8 #C86FDD

tetradic

#DDC86F #6FDD91 #6F84DD #DD6FBB

square

#DDC86F #6FDD91 #6F84DD #DD6FBB

split-complementary

#DDC86F #6FBBDD #916FDD

monochromatic

#AA9128 #D1B53D #DDC86F #E9DBA1 #F4EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DDC86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC86F

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC86F	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.112 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead89a',
    500: '#ddc86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc86f;
$custom-light: #ead89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83175,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC86F

secondary

#4458AC

accent

#3DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC86F

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

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