#DDCD72#DDCD72

#DDCD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD72
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -6.44, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 47.44, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0188 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6889, 60.2516, 24.6653)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD72 #7282DD

analogous

#DD9772 #DDCD72 #B7DD72

triadic

#DDCD72 #72DDCD #CD72DD

tetradic

#DDCD72 #72DD97 #7282DD #DD72B7

square

#DDCD72 #72DD97 #7282DD #DD72B7

split-complementary

#DDCD72 #72B7DD #9772DD

monochromatic

#AB9829 #D1BC41 #DDCD72 #E9DEA3 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD72

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD72	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)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9c',
    500: '#ddcd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd72;
$custom-light: #e9dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8424,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD72

secondary

#4655AE

accent

#36C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD72

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

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