#DDCA8B#DDCA8B

#DDCA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.084 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA8B
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -2.32, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 33.97, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0048 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.084 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6006, 59.4791, 32.9729)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA8B #8B9EDD

analogous

#DDA18B #DDCA8B #C7DD8B

triadic

#DDCA8B #8BDDCA #CA8BDD

tetradic

#DDCA8B #8BDDA1 #8B9EDD #DD8BC7

square

#DDCA8B #8BDDA1 #8B9EDD #DD8BC7

split-complementary

#DDCA8B #8BC7DD #A18BDD

monochromatic

#B89A36 #CFB45C #DDCA8B #EBE0BA #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DDCA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA8B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA8B	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.084 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#ddca8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca8b;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84022,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA8B

secondary

#586DB4

accent

#48C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA8B

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

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