#DDCD71#DDCD71

#DDCD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD71
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -6.53, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 47.92, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0192 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6323, 60.2290, 24.3671)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD71 #7181DD

analogous

#DD9771 #DDCD71 #B7DD71

triadic

#DDCD71 #71DDCD #CD71DD

tetradic

#DDCD71 #71DD97 #7181DD #DD71B7

square

#DDCD71 #71DD97 #7181DD #DD71B7

split-complementary

#DDCD71 #71B7DD #9771DD

monochromatic

#AB9729 #D1BC40 #DDCD71 #E9DEA2 #F5F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD71

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD71	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9c',
    500: '#ddcd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd71;
$custom-light: #e9dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84226,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD71

secondary

#4554AD

accent

#36C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD71

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

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