#DDCD8A#DDCD8A

#DDCD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.088 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD8A
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -3.99, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 35.62, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0097 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.088 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2386, 60.8715, 32.8267)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD8A #8A9ADD

analogous

#DDA38A #DDCD8A #C3DD8A

triadic

#DDCD8A #8ADDCD #CD8ADD

tetradic

#DDCD8A #8ADDA3 #8A9ADD #DD8AC3

square

#DDCD8A #8ADDA3 #8A9ADD #DD8AC3

split-complementary

#DDCD8A #8AC3DD #A38ADD

monochromatic

#B79E35 #CFB95B #DDCD8A #EBE1B9 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DDCD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD8A

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD8A	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)

#DACA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.088 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#ddcd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd8a;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.434,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84614,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD8A

secondary

#5769B4

accent

#42C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD8A

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

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