#DDCC71#DDCC71

#DDCC71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.114 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC71
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -6.01, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 47.54, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0177 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.114 99)
XYZ	xyz(54.3939, 59.7521, 24.2877)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC71 #7182DD

analogous

#DD9671 #DDCC71 #B8DD71

triadic

#DDCC71 #71DDCC #CC71DD

tetradic

#DDCC71 #71DD96 #7182DD #DD71B8

square

#DDCC71 #71DD96 #7182DD #DD71B8

split-complementary

#DDCC71 #71B8DD #9671DD

monochromatic

#AB9629 #D1BA40 #DDCC71 #E9DEA2 #F5EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC71

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC71	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)

#DBC769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.114 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9c',
    500: '#ddcc71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc71;
$custom-light: #e9db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84021,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.5975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC71

secondary

#4555AD

accent

#38C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC71

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

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