#DDCA72#DDCA72

#DDCA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.111 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA72
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -4.90, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 46.31, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0144 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.111 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9782, 58.8301, 24.4284)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA72 #7285DD

analogous

#DD9472 #DDCA72 #BADD72

triadic

#DDCA72 #72DDCA #CA72DD

tetradic

#DDCA72 #72DD94 #7285DD #DD72BA

square

#DDCA72 #72DD94 #7285DD #DD72BA

split-complementary

#DDCA72 #72BADD #9472DD

monochromatic

#AB9429 #D1B741 #DDCA72 #E9DDA3 #F5EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA72

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA72	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.111 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99c',
    500: '#ddca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca72;
$custom-light: #e9d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83625,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA72

secondary

#4658AE

accent

#3BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA72

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

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