#DDCD85#DDCD85

#DDCD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.093 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD85
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -4.54, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 38.12, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0117 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.093 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.8849, 60.7300, 30.9640)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD85 #8595DD

analogous

#DDA185 #DDCD85 #C1DD85

triadic

#DDCD85 #85DDCD #CD85DD

tetradic

#DDCD85 #85DDA1 #8595DD #DD85C1

square

#DDCD85 #85DDA1 #8595DD #DD85C1

split-complementary

#DDCD85 #85C1DD #A185DD

monochromatic

#B59D32 #D0B955 #DDCD85 #EAE1B5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DDCD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD85

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD85	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.093 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca9',
    500: '#ddcd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd85;
$custom-light: #e9dca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84529,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD85

secondary

#5264B4

accent

#3FC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD85

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

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