#DDC97F#DDC97F

#DDC97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.096 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC97F
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 42.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -3.11, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 39.59, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.008 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.096 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5376, 58.6797, 28.5281)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC97F #7F93DD

analogous

#DD9A7F #DDC97F #C2DD7F

triadic

#DDC97F #7FDDC9 #C97FDD

tetradic

#DDC97F #7FDD9A #7F93DD #DD7FC2

square

#DDC97F #7FDD9A #7F93DD #DD7FC2

split-complementary

#DDC97F #7FC2DD #9A7FDD

monochromatic

#B2962F #D0B54F #DDC97F #EADDAF #F7F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDC97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDC97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC97F

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC97F	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.096 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a5',
    500: '#ddc97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc97f;
$custom-light: #e9d9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83616,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC97F

secondary

#4D62B4

accent

#43C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC97F

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

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