#DDCD7E#DDCD7E

#DDCD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.101 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD7E
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -5.28, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 41.59, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0144 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.101 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4173, 60.5430, 28.5014)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD7E #7E8EDD

analogous

#DD9D7E #DDCD7E #BDDD7E

triadic

#DDCD7E #7EDDCD #CD7EDD

tetradic

#DDCD7E #7EDD9D #7E8EDD #DD7EBD

square

#DDCD7E #7EDD9D #7E8EDD #DD7EBD

split-complementary

#DDCD7E #7EBDDD #9D7EDD

monochromatic

#B29C2F #D0BA4E #DDCD7E #EAE0AE #F7F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DDCD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD7E

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD7E	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.101 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca4',
    500: '#ddcd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd7e;
$custom-light: #e9dca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84416,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD7E

secondary

#4C5DB4

accent

#3CC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD7E

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

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