#DDCD87#DDCD87

#DDCD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.091 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD87
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -4.32, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 37.12, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0109 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.091 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0244, 60.7858, 31.6986)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD87 #8797DD

analogous

#DDA287 #DDCD87 #C2DD87

triadic

#DDCD87 #87DDCD #CD87DD

tetradic

#DDCD87 #87DDA2 #8797DD #DD87C2

square

#DDCD87 #87DDA2 #8797DD #DD87C2

split-complementary

#DDCD87 #87C2DD #A287DD

monochromatic

#B69E34 #CFB957 #DDCD87 #EBE1B7 #F8F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD87

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD87	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.091 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcab',
    500: '#ddcd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd87;
$custom-light: #e9dcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84562,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD87

secondary

#5466B4

accent

#40C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD87

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

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