#DDCD98#DDCD98

#DDCD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.071 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD98
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 31.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -2.32, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 28.55, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0041 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.072 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3183, 61.3034, 38.5130)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD98 #98A8DD

analogous

#DDAA98 #DDCD98 #CADD98

triadic

#DDCD98 #98DDCD #CD98DD

tetradic

#DDCD98 #98DDAA #98A8DD #DD98CA

square

#DDCD98 #98DDAA #98A8DD #DD98CA

split-complementary

#DDCD98 #98CADD #AA98DD

monochromatic

#BC9F3E #CEB76A #DDCD98 #ECE3C6 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDCD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#DDCD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD98

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD98	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.071 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb6',
    500: '#ddcd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd98;
$custom-light: #e8dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84873,
    "c": 0.0715,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD98

secondary

#6477B5

accent

#4BBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD98

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

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