#DDCA80#DDCA80

#DDCA80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.096 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA80
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -3.53, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 39.46, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0091 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.096 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8369, 59.1736, 28.9510)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA80 #8093DD

analogous

#DD9B80 #DDCA80 #C1DD80

triadic

#DDCA80 #80DDCA #CA80DD

tetradic

#DDCA80 #80DD9B #8093DD #DD80C1

square

#DDCA80 #80DD9B #8093DD #DD80C1

split-complementary

#DDCA80 #80C1DD #9B80DD

monochromatic

#B39830 #D0B650 #DDCA80 #EADEB0 #F7F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DDCA80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA80

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA80	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.096 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa6',
    500: '#ddca80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca80;
$custom-light: #e9daa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA80

secondary

#4D62B4

accent

#42C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA80

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

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