#DDCA73#DDCA73

#DDCA73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.110 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA73
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -4.81, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 45.83, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.014 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.11 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0354, 58.8530, 24.7298)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA73 #7386DD

analogous

#DD9573 #DDCA73 #BBDD73

triadic

#DDCA73 #73DDCA #CA73DD

tetradic

#DDCA73 #73DD95 #7386DD #DD73BB

square

#DDCA73 #73DD95 #7386DD #DD73BB

split-complementary

#DDCA73 #73BBDD #9573DD

monochromatic

#AC952A #D1B742 #DDCA73 #E9DDA4 #F5EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA73

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA73	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#D9C66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.110 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99d',
    500: '#ddca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca73;
$custom-light: #e9d99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83639,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA73

secondary

#4659AE

accent

#3CC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA73

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

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