#DDCD83#DDCD83

#DDCD83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.096 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD83
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 131)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 40.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -4.76, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 39.11, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0124 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.096 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7480, 60.6753, 30.2432)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD83 #8393DD

analogous

#DDA083 #DDCD83 #C0DD83

triadic

#DDCD83 #83DDCD #CD83DD

tetradic

#DDCD83 #83DDA0 #8393DD #DD83C0

square

#DDCD83 #83DDA0 #8393DD #DD83C0

split-complementary

#DDCD83 #83C0DD #A083DD

monochromatic

#B49D31 #D0BA53 #DDCD83 #EAE0B3 #F7F4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#DDCD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD83

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD83	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.096 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca8',
    500: '#ddcd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd83;
$custom-light: #e9dca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84496,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD83

secondary

#5062B4

accent

#3EC521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD83

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

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