#DDCC70#DDCC70

#DDCC70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.115 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC70
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -6.10, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 48.02, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0181 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.115 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3379, 59.7297, 23.9928)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC70 #7081DD

analogous

#DD9570 #DDCC70 #B8DD70

triadic

#DDCC70 #70DDCC #CC70DD

tetradic

#DDCC70 #70DD95 #7081DD #DD70B8

square

#DDCC70 #70DD95 #7081DD #DD70B8

split-complementary

#DDCC70 #70B8DD #9570DD

monochromatic

#AA9628 #D1BA3F #DDCC70 #E9DEA1 #F5EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCC70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC70

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC70	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.115 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb9b',
    500: '#ddcc70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc70;
$custom-light: #eadb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84007,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC70

secondary

#4555AD

accent

#37C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC70

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

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