#DDCC8D#DDCC8D

#DDCC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.083 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC8D
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -3.13, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 33.72, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.007 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.083 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2203, 60.4827, 33.9070)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC8D #8D9EDD

analogous

#DDA48D #DDCC8D #C6DD8D

triadic

#DDCC8D #8DDDCC #CC8DDD

tetradic

#DDCC8D #8DDDA4 #8D9EDD #DD8DC6

square

#DDCC8D #8DDDA4 #8D9EDD #DD8DC6

split-complementary

#DDCC8D #8DC6DD #A48DDD

monochromatic

#B99D37 #CFB75E #DDCC8D #EBE1BC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DDCC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC8D

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC8D	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.083 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dbaf',
    500: '#ddcc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc8d;
$custom-light: #e8dbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.25,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84464,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC8D

secondary

#5A6DB4

accent

#45C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC8D

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

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