#DDCC75#DDCC75

#DDCC75 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.110 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC75
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 47.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -5.65, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 45.61, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0163 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.11 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6241, 59.8442, 25.4999)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC75 #7586DD

analogous

#DD9875 #DDCC75 #BADD75

triadic

#DDCC75 #75DDCC #CC75DD

tetradic

#DDCC75 #75DD98 #7586DD #DD75BA

square

#DDCC75 #75DD98 #7586DD #DD75BA

split-complementary

#DDCC75 #75BADD #9875DD

monochromatic

#AD982B #D1BA44 #DDCC75 #E9DEA6 #F5F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCC75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC75

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC75	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.110 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9e',
    500: '#ddcc75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc75;
$custom-light: #e9db9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84077,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC75

secondary

#4758AF

accent

#39C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC75

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

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