#DDCA8A#DDCA8A

#DDCA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.085 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA8A
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -2.44, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 34.47, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0052 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.085 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5278, 59.4500, 32.5898)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA8A #8A9DDD

analogous

#DDA08A #DDCA8A #C6DD8A

triadic

#DDCA8A #8ADDCA #CA8ADD

tetradic

#DDCA8A #8ADDA0 #8A9DDD #DD8AC6

square

#DDCA8A #8ADDA0 #8A9DDD #DD8AC6

split-complementary

#DDCA8A #8AC6DD #A08ADD

monochromatic

#B79A35 #CFB55B #DDCA8A #EBDFB9 #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DDCA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA8A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA8A	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.085 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#ddca8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca8a;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84005,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA8A

secondary

#576CB4

accent

#48C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA8A

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

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