#DDCA6C#DDCA6C

#DDCA6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA6C
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -5.43, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 49.19, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0166 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6478, 58.6980, 22.6884)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA6C #6C7FDD

analogous

#DD926C #DDCA6C #B7DD6C

triadic

#DDCA6C #6CDDCA #CA6CDD

tetradic

#DDCA6C #6CDD92 #6C7FDD #DD6CB7

square

#DDCA6C #6CDD92 #6C7FDD #DD6CB7

split-complementary

#DDCA6C #6CB7DD #926CDD

monochromatic

#A89227 #D2B83A #DDCA6C #E8DC9E #F4EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCA6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA6C

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA6C	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)

#DAC664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead998',
    500: '#ddca6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca6c;
$custom-light: #ead998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83544,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA6C

secondary

#4354AA

accent

#39CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA6C

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

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