#DDCD73#DDCD73

#DDCD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD73
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -6.34, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 46.96, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0185 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7462, 60.2745, 24.9667)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD73 #7383DD

analogous

#DD9873 #DDCD73 #B8DD73

triadic

#DDCD73 #73DDCD #CD73DD

tetradic

#DDCD73 #73DD98 #7383DD #DD73B8

square

#DDCD73 #73DD98 #7383DD #DD73B8

split-complementary

#DDCD73 #73B8DD #9873DD

monochromatic

#AC982A #D1BB42 #DDCD73 #E9DFA4 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD73

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD73	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)

#DCC86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9d',
    500: '#ddcd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd73;
$custom-light: #e9dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84254,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD73

secondary

#4656AE

accent

#37C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD73

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

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