#DDCD7C#DDCD7C

#DDCD7C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.103 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD7C
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -5.48, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 42.58, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0151 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.103 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2896, 60.4919, 27.8285)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD7C #7C8CDD

analogous

#DD9C7C #DDCD7C #BDDD7C

triadic

#DDCD7C #7CDDCD #CD7CDD

tetradic

#DDCD7C #7CDD9C #7C8CDD #DD7CBD

square

#DDCD7C #7CDD9C #7C8CDD #DD7CBD

split-complementary

#DDCD7C #7CBDDD #9C7CDD

monochromatic

#B19B2E #D0BA4B #DDCD7C #EAE0AD #F6F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DDCD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD7C

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD7C	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.103 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca3',
    500: '#ddcd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd7c;
$custom-light: #e9dca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84385,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD7C

secondary

#4B5CB3

accent

#3BC61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD7C

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

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