#DDCD7B#DDCD7B

#DDCD7B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.104 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD7B
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 123)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 44.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -5.58, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 43.07, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0155 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.104 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2266, 60.4667, 27.4972)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD7B #7B8BDD

analogous

#DD9C7B #DDCD7B #BCDD7B

triadic

#DDCD7B #7BDDCD #CD7BDD

tetradic

#DDCD7B #7BDD9C #7B8BDD #DD7BBC

square

#DDCD7B #7BDD9C #7B8BDD #DD7BBC

split-complementary

#DDCD7B #7BBCDD #9C7BDD

monochromatic

#B09B2D #D0BB4A #DDCD7B #EADFAC #F6F2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DDCD7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD7B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD7B	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)

#DCC974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.104 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca2',
    500: '#ddcd7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd7b;
$custom-light: #e9dca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8437,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD7B

secondary

#4A5BB2

accent

#3AC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD7B

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

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