#DDCC7D#DDCC7D

#DDCC7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.101 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC7D
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -4.87, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 41.70, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0133 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.101 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.1147, 60.0404, 28.0838)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC7D #7D8EDD

analogous

#DD9C7D #DDCC7D #BEDD7D

triadic

#DDCC7D #7DDDCC #CC7DDD

tetradic

#DDCC7D #7DDD9C #7D8EDD #DD7DBE

square

#DDCC7D #7DDD9C #7D8EDD #DD7DBE

split-complementary

#DDCC7D #7DBEDD #9C7DDD

monochromatic

#B19A2E #D0B94C #DDCC7D #EADFAE #F6F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DDCC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC7D

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC7D	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.101 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba4',
    500: '#ddcc7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc7d;
$custom-light: #e9dba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84196,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC7D

secondary

#4B5DB3

accent

#3DC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC7D

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

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