#DDC871#DDC871

#DDC871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.110 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC871
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -3.96, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 46.07, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0118 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.11 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4554, 57.8751, 23.9748)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC871 #7186DD

analogous

#DD9271 #DDC871 #BCDD71

triadic

#DDC871 #71DDC8 #C871DD

tetradic

#DDC871 #71DD92 #7186DD #DD71BC

square

#DDC871 #71DD92 #7186DD #DD71BC

split-complementary

#DDC871 #71BCDD #9271DD

monochromatic

#AB9129 #D1B540 #DDC871 #E9DBA2 #F5EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DDC871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC871

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC871	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)

#D8C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.110 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead89b',
    500: '#ddc871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc871;
$custom-light: #ead89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83203,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC871

secondary

#4559AD

accent

#3EC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC871

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

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