#DDC985#DDC985

#DDC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.090 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC985
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -2.48, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 36.60, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0057 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.09 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9403, 58.8408, 30.6491)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC985 #8599DD

analogous

#DD9D85 #DDC985 #C5DD85

triadic

#DDC985 #85DDC9 #C985DD

tetradic

#DDC985 #85DD9D #8599DD #DD85C5

square

#DDC985 #85DD9D #8599DD #DD85C5

split-complementary

#DDC985 #85C5DD #9D85DD

monochromatic

#B59732 #D0B455 #DDC985 #EADEB5 #F8F3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC985

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC985	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.090 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a9',
    500: '#ddc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc985;
$custom-light: #e9d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83715,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC985

secondary

#5268B4

accent

#46C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC985

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

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