#DDCD6C#DDCD6C

#DDCD6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD6C
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 108)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -6.97, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 50.30, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3586, 60.1195, 22.9253)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD6C #6C7CDD

analogous

#DD946C #DDCD6C #B5DD6C

triadic

#DDCD6C #6CDDCD #CD6CDD

tetradic

#DDCD6C #6CDD94 #6C7CDD #DD6CB5

square

#DDCD6C #6CDD94 #6C7CDD #DD6CB5

split-complementary

#DDCD6C #6CB5DD #946CDD

monochromatic

#A89627 #D2BC3A #DDCD6C #E8DE9E #F4EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DDCD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD6C

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD6C	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)

#DDC863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc98',
    500: '#ddcd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd6c;
$custom-light: #eadc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8416,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD6C

secondary

#4351AA

accent

#34CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD6C

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

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