#DDCA6D#DDCA6D

#DDCA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.116 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA6D
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -5.34, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 48.71, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0162 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.116 98)
XYZ	xyz(53.7014, 58.7194, 22.9703)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA6D #6D80DD

analogous

#DD926D #DDCA6D #B8DD6D

triadic

#DDCA6D #6DDDCA #CA6DDD

tetradic

#DDCA6D #6DDD92 #6D80DD #DD6DB8

square

#DDCA6D #6DDD92 #6D80DD #DD6DB8

split-complementary

#DDCA6D #6DB8DD #926DDD

monochromatic

#A89227 #D1B83B #DDCA6D #E9DC9F #F4EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA6D

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA6D	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)

#DAC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.116 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#ddca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca6d;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83557,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.58717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA6D

secondary

#4355AB

accent

#39CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA6D

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

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