#DDCA6A#DDCA6A

#DDCA6A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA6A
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -5.60, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 50.13, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0173 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5426, 58.6559, 22.1342)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA6A #6A7DDD

analogous

#DD916A #DDCA6A #B7DD6A

triadic

#DDCA6A #6ADDCA #CA6ADD

tetradic

#DDCA6A #6ADD91 #6A7DDD #DD6AB7

square

#DDCA6A #6ADD91 #6A7DDD #DD6AB7

split-complementary

#DDCA6A #6AB7DD #916ADD

monochromatic

#A79126 #D2B838 #DDCA6A #E8DC9C #F4EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DDCA6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA6A

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA6A	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)

#DAC561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead997',
    500: '#ddca6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca6a;
$custom-light: #ead997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83518,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA6A

secondary

#4253A9

accent

#38CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA6A

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

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