#DDCD96#DDCD96

#DDCD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.074 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD96
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -2.57, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 29.56, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0049 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.074 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1558, 61.2384, 37.6576)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD96 #96A6DD

analogous

#DDA996 #DDCD96 #C9DD96

triadic

#DDCD96 #96DDCD #CD96DD

tetradic

#DDCD96 #96DDA9 #96A6DD #DD96C9

square

#DDCD96 #96DDA9 #96A6DD #DD96C9

split-complementary

#DDCD96 #96C9DD #A996DD

monochromatic

#BC9F3D #CEB768 #DDCD96 #ECE3C4 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#DDCD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD96

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD96	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.074 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb5',
    500: '#ddcd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd96;
$custom-light: #e8dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84834,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD96

secondary

#6275B5

accent

#49BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD96

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

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