#DDCA8F#DDCA8F

#DDCA8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.079 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA8F
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 143)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 35.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -1.86, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 31.96, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0032 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.079 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8982, 59.5981, 34.5403)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA8F #8FA2DD

analogous

#DDA38F #DDCA8F #C9DD8F

triadic

#DDCA8F #8FDDCA #CA8FDD

tetradic

#DDCA8F #8FDDA3 #8FA2DD #DD8FC9

square

#DDCA8F #8FDDA3 #8FA2DD #DD8FC9

split-complementary

#DDCA8F #8FC9DD #A38FDD

monochromatic

#B99A38 #CFB460 #DDCA8F #EBE0BE #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DDCA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA8F

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA8F	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCD91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.079 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab0',
    500: '#ddca8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca8f;
$custom-light: #e8dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84095,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA8F

secondary

#5C71B5

accent

#4BC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA8F

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

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