#DDCD6B#DDCD6B

#DDCD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD6B
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -7.05, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 50.77, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0213 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3057, 60.0983, 22.6466)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD6B #6B7BDD

analogous

#DD946B #DDCD6B #B4DD6B

triadic

#DDCD6B #6BDDCD #CD6BDD

tetradic

#DDCD6B #6BDD94 #6B7BDD #DD6BB4

square

#DDCD6B #6BDD94 #6B7BDD #DD6BB4

split-complementary

#DDCD6B #6BB4DD #946BDD

monochromatic

#A79526 #D2BC39 #DDCD6B #E8DE9D #F4EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DDCD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD6B

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD6B	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc98',
    500: '#ddcd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd6b;
$custom-light: #eadc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84147,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD6B

secondary

#4251AA

accent

#34CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD6B

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

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