#DDCC6D#DDCC6D

#DDCC6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC6D
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -6.37, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 49.45, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0192 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1737, 59.6640, 23.1277)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC6D #6D7EDD

analogous

#DD946D #DDCC6D #B6DD6D

triadic

#DDCC6D #6DDDCC #CC6DDD

tetradic

#DDCC6D #6DDD94 #6D7EDD #DD6DB6

square

#DDCC6D #6DDD94 #6D7EDD #DD6DB6

split-complementary

#DDCC6D #6DB6DD #946DDD

monochromatic

#A89527 #D1BB3B #DDCC6D #E9DD9F #F4EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DDCC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC6D

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC6D	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb99',
    500: '#ddcc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc6d;
$custom-light: #eadb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83967,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC6D

secondary

#4353AB

accent

#36CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC6D

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

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