#DDCD86#DDCD86

#DDCD86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.092 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD86
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 39.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -4.43, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 37.62, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0113 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.092 97)
XYZ	xyz(55.9543, 60.7578, 31.3296)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD86 #8696DD

analogous

#DDA286 #DDCD86 #C1DD86

triadic

#DDCD86 #86DDCD #CD86DD

tetradic

#DDCD86 #86DDA2 #8696DD #DD86C1

square

#DDCD86 #86DDA2 #8696DD #DD86C1

split-complementary

#DDCD86 #86C1DD #A286DD

monochromatic

#B69E33 #D0B956 #DDCD86 #EAE1B6 #F8F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DDCD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD86

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD86	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)

#DAC981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.092 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcaa',
    500: '#ddcd86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd86;
$custom-light: #e9dcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.966,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84546,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.60756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD86

secondary

#5365B4

accent

#40C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD86

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

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