#DDCA6F#DDCA6F

#DDCA6F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.114 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA6F
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -5.17, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 47.76, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0155 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.114 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8102, 58.7630, 23.5438)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA6F #6F82DD

analogous

#DD936F #DDCA6F #B9DD6F

triadic

#DDCA6F #6FDDCA #CA6FDD

tetradic

#DDCA6F #6FDD93 #6F82DD #DD6FB9

square

#DDCA6F #6FDD93 #6F82DD #DD6FB9

split-complementary

#DDCA6F #6FB9DD #936FDD

monochromatic

#AA9328 #D1B83D #DDCA6F #E9DCA1 #F4EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DDCA6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA6F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA6F	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)

#DAC667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.114 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99a',
    500: '#ddca6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca6f;
$custom-light: #ead99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83584,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA6F

secondary

#4456AC

accent

#3ACA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA6F

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

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