#DDCD81#DDCD81

#DDCD81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.098 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD81
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -4.97, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 40.11, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0132 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.098 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6138, 60.6216, 29.5362)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD81 #8191DD

analogous

#DD9F81 #DDCD81 #BFDD81

triadic

#DDCD81 #81DDCD #CD81DD

tetradic

#DDCD81 #81DD9F #8191DD #DD81BF

square

#DDCD81 #81DD9F #8191DD #DD81BF

split-complementary

#DDCD81 #81BFDD #9F81DD

monochromatic

#B39C30 #D0BA51 #DDCD81 #EAE0B1 #F7F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#DDCD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD81

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD81	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)

#DBC97B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.098 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca6',
    500: '#ddcd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd81;
$custom-light: #e9dca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84463,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD81

secondary

#4E60B4

accent

#3DC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD81

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

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