#DDCA85#DDCA85

#DDCA85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.091 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA85
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 133)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -2.99, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 36.97, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0072 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.091 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.1742, 59.3085, 30.7271)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA85 #8598DD

analogous

#DD9E85 #DDCA85 #C4DD85

triadic

#DDCA85 #85DDCA #CA85DD

tetradic

#DDCA85 #85DD9E #8598DD #DD85C4

square

#DDCA85 #85DD9E #8598DD #DD85C4

split-complementary

#DDCA85 #85C4DD #9E85DD

monochromatic

#B59932 #D0B555 #DDCA85 #EADFB5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA85

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA85	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.091 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa9',
    500: '#ddca85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca85;
$custom-light: #e9daa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83918,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA85

secondary

#5267B4

accent

#45C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA85

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

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