#DDCD74#DDCD74

#DDCD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD74
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -6.25, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 46.48, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0181 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8040, 60.2977, 25.2714)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD74 #7484DD

analogous

#DD9874 #DDCD74 #B8DD74

triadic

#DDCD74 #74DDCD #CD74DD

tetradic

#DDCD74 #74DD98 #7484DD #DD74B8

square

#DDCD74 #74DD98 #7484DD #DD74B8

split-complementary

#DDCD74 #74B8DD #9874DD

monochromatic

#AC992A #D1BB43 #DDCD74 #E9DFA5 #F5F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#DDCD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD74

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD74	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9e',
    500: '#ddcd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd74;
$custom-light: #e9dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84268,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD74

secondary

#4756AF

accent

#37C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD74

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

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