#DDCD7A#DDCD7A

#DDCD7A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.105 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD7A
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 44.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -5.68, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 43.56, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0159 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.105 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1644, 60.4418, 27.1692)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD7A #7A8ADD

analogous

#DD9C7A #DDCD7A #BCDD7A

triadic

#DDCD7A #7ADDCD #CD7ADD

tetradic

#DDCD7A #7ADD9C #7A8ADD #DD7ABC

square

#DDCD7A #7ADD9C #7A8ADD #DD7ABC

split-complementary

#DDCD7A #7ABCDD #9C7ADD

monochromatic

#B09B2D #D1BB49 #DDCD7A #E9DFAB #F6F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DDCD7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD7A

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD7A	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.105 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca2',
    500: '#ddcd7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd7a;
$custom-light: #e9dca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84355,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD7A

secondary

#495AB2

accent

#3AC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD7A

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

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