#DDCD88#DDCD88

#DDCD88 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.090 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD88
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 136)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 38.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -4.21, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 36.62, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0105 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.09 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0951, 60.8141, 32.0712)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD88 #8898DD

analogous

#DDA388 #DDCD88 #C2DD88

triadic

#DDCD88 #88DDCD #CD88DD

tetradic

#DDCD88 #88DDA3 #8898DD #DD88C2

square

#DDCD88 #88DDA3 #8898DD #DD88C2

split-complementary

#DDCD88 #88C2DD #A388DD

monochromatic

#B69E34 #CFB958 #DDCD88 #EBE1B8 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCD88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCD88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD88

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD88	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)

#DAC983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.090 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcab',
    500: '#ddcd88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd88;
$custom-light: #e9dcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84579,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD88

secondary

#5567B4

accent

#41C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD88

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

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