#DDCD70#DDCD70

#DDCD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD70
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -6.62, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 48.40, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0196 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5764, 60.2066, 24.0723)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD70 #7080DD

analogous

#DD9770 #DDCD70 #B6DD70

triadic

#DDCD70 #70DDCD #CD70DD

tetradic

#DDCD70 #70DD97 #7080DD #DD70B6

square

#DDCD70 #70DD97 #7080DD #DD70B6

split-complementary

#DDCD70 #70B6DD #9770DD

monochromatic

#AA9728 #D1BC3F #DDCD70 #E9DEA1 #F5F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#DDCD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD70

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD70	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc9b',
    500: '#ddcd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd70;
$custom-light: #eadc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84213,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD70

secondary

#4554AD

accent

#36C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD70

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

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