#DDCA8E#DDCA8E

#DDCA8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.081 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA8E
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -1.98, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 32.46, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0036 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.081 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8228, 59.5680, 34.1432)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA8E #8EA1DD

analogous

#DDA28E #DDCA8E #C8DD8E

triadic

#DDCA8E #8EDDCA #CA8EDD

tetradic

#DDCA8E #8EDDA2 #8EA1DD #DD8EC8

square

#DDCA8E #8EDDA2 #8EA1DD #DD8EC8

split-complementary

#DDCA8E #8EC8DD #A28EDD

monochromatic

#B99A38 #CFB45F #DDCA8E #EBE0BD #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DDCA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA8E

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA8E	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)

#D7C78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.081 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8daaf',
    500: '#ddca8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca8e;
$custom-light: #e8daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84077,
    "c": 0.08052,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA8E

secondary

#5B70B5

accent

#4AC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA8E

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

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