#DDCC72#DDCC72

#DDCC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.113 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC72
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -5.92, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 47.06, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0174 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.113 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4505, 59.7748, 24.5858)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC72 #7283DD

analogous

#DD9672 #DDCC72 #B8DD72

triadic

#DDCC72 #72DDCC #CC72DD

tetradic

#DDCC72 #72DD96 #7283DD #DD72B8

square

#DDCC72 #72DD96 #7283DD #DD72B8

split-complementary

#DDCC72 #72B8DD #9672DD

monochromatic

#AB9729 #D1BA41 #DDCC72 #E9DEA3 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC72

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC72	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)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.113 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9c',
    500: '#ddcc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc72;
$custom-light: #e9db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84035,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC72

secondary

#4656AE

accent

#38C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC72

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

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