#DDCA8D#DDCA8D

#DDCA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.082 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA8D
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -2.09, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 32.97, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.004 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.082 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7480, 59.5381, 33.7495)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA8D #8DA0DD

analogous

#DDA28D #DDCA8D #C8DD8D

triadic

#DDCA8D #8DDDCA #CA8DDD

tetradic

#DDCA8D #8DDDA2 #8DA0DD #DD8DC8

square

#DDCA8D #8DDDA2 #8DA0DD #DD8DC8

split-complementary

#DDCA8D #8DC8DD #A28DDD

monochromatic

#B99A37 #CFB45E #DDCA8D #EBE0BC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DDCA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA8D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA8D	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.082 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8daaf',
    500: '#ddca8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca8d;
$custom-light: #e8daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84058,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA8D

secondary

#5A6FB4

accent

#49C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA8D

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

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