#DDCC76#DDCC76

#DDCC76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.109 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC76
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -5.55, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 45.13, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0159 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.109 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6832, 59.8678, 25.8112)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC76 #7687DD

analogous

#DD9976 #DDCC76 #BBDD76

triadic

#DDCC76 #76DDCC #CC76DD

tetradic

#DDCC76 #76DD99 #7687DD #DD76BB

square

#DDCC76 #76DD99 #7687DD #DD76BB

split-complementary

#DDCC76 #76BBDD #9976DD

monochromatic

#AE982B #D1BA45 #DDCC76 #E9DEA7 #F5F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC76

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC76	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)

#DBC86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.109 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9f',
    500: '#ddcc76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc76;
$custom-light: #e9db9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84091,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC76

secondary

#4759B0

accent

#3AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC76

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

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