#DDCA6E#DDCA6E

#DDCA6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA6E
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -5.26, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 48.24, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0159 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7555, 58.7411, 23.2554)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA6E #6E81DD

analogous

#DD936E #DDCA6E #B8DD6E

triadic

#DDCA6E #6EDDCA #CA6EDD

tetradic

#DDCA6E #6EDD93 #6E81DD #DD6EB8

square

#DDCA6E #6EDD93 #6E81DD #DD6EB8

split-complementary

#DDCA6E #6EB8DD #936EDD

monochromatic

#A99328 #D1B83C #DDCA6E #E9DCA0 #F4EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DDCA6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA6E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA6E	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#ddca6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca6e;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8357,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA6E

secondary

#4455AC

accent

#3ACA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA6E

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

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