#DDCC99#DDCC99

#DDCC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.069 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC99
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -1.67, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 27.66, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0022 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.069 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1621, 60.8594, 38.8667)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC99 #99AADD

analogous

#DDAA99 #DDCC99 #CCDD99

triadic

#DDCC99 #99DDCC #CC99DD

tetradic

#DDCC99 #99DDAA #99AADD #DD99CC

square

#DDCC99 #99DDAA #99AADD #DD99CC

split-complementary

#DDCC99 #99CCDD #AA99DD

monochromatic

#BD9D3F #CEB56B #DDCC99 #ECE3C7 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DDCC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC99

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC99	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.069 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dbb7',
    500: '#ddcc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc99;
$custom-light: #e8dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84691,
    "c": 0.06942,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC99

secondary

#6579B5

accent

#4DBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC99

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

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