#DDCA7C#DDCA7C

#DDCA7C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.101 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA7C
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 124)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -3.94, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 41.44, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0107 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.101 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5788, 59.0704, 27.5916)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA7C #7C8FDD

analogous

#DD997C #DDCA7C #C0DD7C

triadic

#DDCA7C #7CDDCA #CA7CDD

tetradic

#DDCA7C #7CDD99 #7C8FDD #DD7CC0

square

#DDCA7C #7CDD99 #7C8FDD #DD7CC0

split-complementary

#DDCA7C #7CC0DD #997CDD

monochromatic

#B1972E #D0B64B #DDCA7C #EADEAD #F6F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DDCA7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA7C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA7C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.101 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa3',
    500: '#ddca7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca7c;
$custom-light: #e9daa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83773,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA7C

secondary

#4B5FB3

accent

#40C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA7C

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

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