#DDCA76#DDCA76

#DDCA76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.107 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA76
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 46.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -4.52, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 44.38, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0129 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.107 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2109, 58.9232, 25.6538)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA76 #7689DD

analogous

#DD9776 #DDCA76 #BDDD76

triadic

#DDCA76 #76DDCA #CA76DD

tetradic

#DDCA76 #76DD97 #7689DD #DD76BD

square

#DDCA76 #76DD97 #7689DD #DD76BD

split-complementary

#DDCA76 #76BDDD #9776DD

monochromatic

#AE952B #D1B745 #DDCA76 #E9DDA7 #F5F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DDCA76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA76

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA76	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.107 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99f',
    500: '#ddca76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca76;
$custom-light: #e9d99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA76

secondary

#475BB0

accent

#3DC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA76

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

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