#DDCA70#DDCA70

#DDCA70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.113 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA70
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -5.08, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 47.28, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0151 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.113 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8656, 58.7851, 23.8354)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA70 #7083DD

analogous

#DD9370 #DDCA70 #BADD70

triadic

#DDCA70 #70DDCA #CA70DD

tetradic

#DDCA70 #70DD93 #7083DD #DD70BA

square

#DDCA70 #70DD93 #7083DD #DD70BA

split-complementary

#DDCA70 #70BADD #9370DD

monochromatic

#AA9428 #D1B83F #DDCA70 #E9DCA1 #F5EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DDCA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA70

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA70	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.113 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99b',
    500: '#ddca70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca70;
$custom-light: #ead99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83597,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA70

secondary

#4557AD

accent

#3AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA70

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

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