#DDCC97#DDCC97

#DDCC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.072 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC97
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -1.93, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 28.68, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.003 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.072 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9983, 60.7939, 38.0040)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC97 #97A8DD

analogous

#DDA997 #DDCC97 #CBDD97

triadic

#DDCC97 #97DDCC #CC97DD

tetradic

#DDCC97 #97DDA9 #97A8DD #DD97CB

square

#DDCC97 #97DDA9 #97A8DD #DD97CB

split-complementary

#DDCC97 #97CBDD #A997DD

monochromatic

#BC9D3D #CEB569 #DDCC97 #ECE3C5 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC97

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC97	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.072 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dbb6',
    500: '#ddcc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc97;
$custom-light: #e8dbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84651,
    "c": 0.07179,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC97

secondary

#6377B5

accent

#4CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC97

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

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