#DDCC85#DDCC85

#DDCC85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.093 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC85
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -4.03, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 37.73, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0102 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.093 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6465, 60.2531, 30.8845)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC85 #8596DD

analogous

#DDA085 #DDCC85 #C2DD85

triadic

#DDCC85 #85DDCC #CC85DD

tetradic

#DDCC85 #85DDA0 #8596DD #DD85C2

square

#DDCC85 #85DDA0 #8596DD #DD85C2

split-complementary

#DDCC85 #85C2DD #A085DD

monochromatic

#B59C32 #D0B855 #DDCC85 #EAE0B5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC85

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC85	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.093 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba9',
    500: '#ddcc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc85;
$custom-light: #e9dba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84325,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC85

secondary

#5265B4

accent

#41C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC85

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

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