#DDCC73#DDCC73

#DDCC73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.112 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC73
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -5.83, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 46.58, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.017 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.112 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5077, 59.7976, 24.8872)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC73 #7384DD

analogous

#DD9773 #DDCC73 #B9DD73

triadic

#DDCC73 #73DDCC #CC73DD

tetradic

#DDCC73 #73DD97 #7384DD #DD73B9

square

#DDCC73 #73DD97 #7384DD #DD73B9

split-complementary

#DDCC73 #73B9DD #9773DD

monochromatic

#AC972A #D1BA42 #DDCC73 #E9DEA4 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC73

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC73	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.112 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9d',
    500: '#ddcc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc73;
$custom-light: #e9db9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84049,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC73

secondary

#4657AE

accent

#38C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC73

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

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