#DDCD7D#DDCD7D

#DDCD7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.102 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD7D
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -5.38, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 42.09, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0147 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.102 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3531, 60.5173, 28.1633)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD7D #7D8DDD

analogous

#DD9D7D #DDCD7D #BDDD7D

triadic

#DDCD7D #7DDDCD #CD7DDD

tetradic

#DDCD7D #7DDD9D #7D8DDD #DD7DBD

square

#DDCD7D #7DDD9D #7D8DDD #DD7DBD

split-complementary

#DDCD7D #7DBDDD #9D7DDD

monochromatic

#B19B2E #D0BA4C #DDCD7D #EAE0AE #F6F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DDCD7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD7D

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD7D	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)

#DBC977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.102 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca4',
    500: '#ddcd7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd7d;
$custom-light: #e9dca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84401,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD7D

secondary

#4B5CB3

accent

#3BC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD7D

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

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