#DDCD97#DDCD97

#DDCD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.073 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD97
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -2.44, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 29.06, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0045 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.073 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2367, 61.2707, 38.0835)
Luminance	0.6127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD97 #97A7DD

analogous

#DDAA97 #DDCD97 #CADD97

triadic

#DDCD97 #97DDCD #CD97DD

tetradic

#DDCD97 #97DDAA #97A7DD #DD97CA

square

#DDCD97 #97DDAA #97A7DD #DD97CA

split-complementary

#DDCD97 #97CADD #AA97DD

monochromatic

#BC9F3D #CEB769 #DDCD97 #ECE3C5 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDCD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#DDCD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD97

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD97	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#D8CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.073 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb6',
    500: '#ddcd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd97;
$custom-light: #e8dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84853,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD97

secondary

#6376B5

accent

#4ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD97

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

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