#DDC97D#DDC97D

#DDC97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.099 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC97D
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -3.32, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 40.57, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0088 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.099 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4085, 58.6281, 27.8484)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC97D #7D91DD

analogous

#DD997D #DDC97D #C1DD7D

triadic

#DDC97D #7DDDC9 #C97DDD

tetradic

#DDC97D #7DDD99 #7D91DD #DD7DC1

square

#DDC97D #7DDD99 #7D91DD #DD7DC1

split-complementary

#DDC97D #7DC1DD #997DDD

monochromatic

#B1962E #D0B54C #DDC97D #EADDAE #F6F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC97D

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC97D	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.099 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a4',
    500: '#ddc97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc97d;
$custom-light: #e9d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83585,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC97D

secondary

#4B61B3

accent

#42C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC97D

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

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