#DDCD89#DDCD89

#DDCD89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.089 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD89
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 38%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -4.10, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 36.12, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0101 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.089 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1665, 60.8427, 32.4472)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD89 #8999DD

analogous

#DDA389 #DDCD89 #C3DD89

triadic

#DDCD89 #89DDCD #CD89DD

tetradic

#DDCD89 #89DDA3 #8999DD #DD89C3

square

#DDCD89 #89DDA3 #8999DD #DD89C3

split-complementary

#DDCD89 #89C3DD #A389DD

monochromatic

#B79E35 #CFB959 #DDCD89 #EBE1B9 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DDCD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD89

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD89	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.089 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcac',
    500: '#ddcd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd89;
$custom-light: #e9dcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD89

secondary

#5668B4

accent

#41C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD89

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

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