#DDCC7E#DDCC7E

#DDCC7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.100 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC7E
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -4.76, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 41.21, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0129 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.1 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1789, 60.0661, 28.4219)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC7E #7E8FDD

analogous

#DD9C7E #DDCC7E #BEDD7E

triadic

#DDCC7E #7EDDCC #CC7EDD

tetradic

#DDCC7E #7EDD9C #7E8FDD #DD7EBE

square

#DDCC7E #7EDD9C #7E8FDD #DD7EBE

split-complementary

#DDCC7E #7EBEDD #9C7EDD

monochromatic

#B29A2F #D0B94E #DDCC7E #EADFAE #F7F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DDCC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC7E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC7E	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)

#DAC878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.100 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba4',
    500: '#ddcc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc7e;
$custom-light: #e9dba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84212,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC7E

secondary

#4C5EB4

accent

#3DC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC7E

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

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