#DDCD80#DDCD80

#DDCD80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.099 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD80
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 42.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -5.07, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 40.60, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0136 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.099 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5477, 60.5951, 29.1879)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD80 #8090DD

analogous

#DD9E80 #DDCD80 #BEDD80

triadic

#DDCD80 #80DDCD #CD80DD

tetradic

#DDCD80 #80DD9E #8090DD #DD80BE

square

#DDCD80 #80DD9E #8090DD #DD80BE

split-complementary

#DDCD80 #80BEDD #9E80DD

monochromatic

#B39C30 #D0BA50 #DDCD80 #EAE0B0 #F7F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#DDCD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD80

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD80	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC97A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.099 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca6',
    500: '#ddcd80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd80;
$custom-light: #e9dca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84448,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD80

secondary

#4D5FB4

accent

#3DC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD80

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

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