#DDCD6D#DDCD6D

#DDCD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD6D
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -6.88, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 49.83, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0207 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.4121, 60.1409, 23.2072)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD6D #6D7DDD

analogous

#DD956D #DDCD6D #B5DD6D

triadic

#DDCD6D #6DDDCD #CD6DDD

tetradic

#DDCD6D #6DDD95 #6D7DDD #DD6DB5

square

#DDCD6D #6DDD95 #6D7DDD #DD6DB5

split-complementary

#DDCD6D #6DB5DD #956DDD

monochromatic

#A89627 #D1BC3B #DDCD6D #E9DE9F #F4EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#DDCD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD6D

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD6D	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc99',
    500: '#ddcd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd6d;
$custom-light: #eadc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84173,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD6D

secondary

#4352AB

accent

#34CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD6D

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

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