#DDCA74#DDCA74

#DDCA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.109 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA74
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -4.71, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 45.35, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0137 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.109 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0933, 58.8762, 25.0345)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA74 #7487DD

analogous

#DD9574 #DDCA74 #BBDD74

triadic

#DDCA74 #74DDCA #CA74DD

tetradic

#DDCA74 #74DD95 #7487DD #DD74BB

square

#DDCA74 #74DD95 #7487DD #DD74BB

split-complementary

#DDCA74 #74BBDD #9574DD

monochromatic

#AC952A #D1B743 #DDCA74 #E9DDA5 #F5EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DDCA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA74

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA74	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)

#D9C66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.109 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99d',
    500: '#ddca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca74;
$custom-light: #e9d99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83653,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA74

secondary

#4759AF

accent

#3CC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA74

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

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