#DDCA81#DDCA81

#DDCA81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.095 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA81
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -3.42, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 38.96, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0087 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.095 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9031, 59.2001, 29.2993)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA81 #8194DD

analogous

#DD9C81 #DDCA81 #C2DD81

triadic

#DDCA81 #81DDCA #CA81DD

tetradic

#DDCA81 #81DD9C #8194DD #DD81C2

square

#DDCA81 #81DD9C #8194DD #DD81C2

split-complementary

#DDCA81 #81C2DD #9C81DD

monochromatic

#B39830 #D0B651 #DDCA81 #EADEB1 #F7F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#DDCA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA81

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA81	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C77B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.095 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa6',
    500: '#ddca81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca81;
$custom-light: #e9daa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83852,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA81

secondary

#4E63B4

accent

#42C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA81

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

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