#DDC873#DDC873

#DDC873 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.108 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC873
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -3.78, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 45.10, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0111 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.108 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5692, 57.9206, 24.5744)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC873 #7388DD

analogous

#DD9373 #DDC873 #BDDD73

triadic

#DDC873 #73DDC8 #C873DD

tetradic

#DDC873 #73DD93 #7388DD #DD73BD

square

#DDC873 #73DD93 #7388DD #DD73BD

split-complementary

#DDC873 #73BDDD #9373DD

monochromatic

#AC922A #D1B542 #DDC873 #E9DBA4 #F5EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DDC873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC873

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC873	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.108 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d89d',
    500: '#ddc873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc873;
$custom-light: #e9d89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83231,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC873

secondary

#465BAE

accent

#3FC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC873

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

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