#DDCD8D#DDCD8D

#DDCD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.084 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD8D
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -3.64, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 34.11, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0085 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.084 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4588, 60.9596, 33.9864)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD8D #8D9DDD

analogous

#DDA58D #DDCD8D #C5DD8D

triadic

#DDCD8D #8DDDCD #CD8DDD

tetradic

#DDCD8D #8DDDA5 #8D9DDD #DD8DC5

square

#DDCD8D #8DDDA5 #8D9DDD #DD8DC5

split-complementary

#DDCD8D #8DC5DD #A58DDD

monochromatic

#B99F37 #CFB85E #DDCD8D #EBE2BC #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#DDCD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD8D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD8D	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.084 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcaf',
    500: '#ddcd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd8d;
$custom-light: #e8dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84667,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD8D

secondary

#5A6CB4

accent

#43C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD8D

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

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