#DDC874#DDC874

#DDC874 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.107 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC874
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -3.68, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 44.62, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0107 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.107 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6271, 57.9437, 24.8791)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC874 #7489DD

analogous

#DD9374 #DDC874 #BDDD74

triadic

#DDC874 #74DDC8 #C874DD

tetradic

#DDC874 #74DD93 #7489DD #DD74BD

square

#DDC874 #74DD93 #7489DD #DD74BD

split-complementary

#DDC874 #74BDDD #9374DD

monochromatic

#AC922A #D1B543 #DDC874 #E9DBA5 #F5EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DDC874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC874

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC874	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.107 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d89d',
    500: '#ddc874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc874;
$custom-light: #e9d89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83245,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC874

secondary

#475BAF

accent

#3FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC874

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

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