#DDCD99#DDCD99

#DDCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.070 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD99
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -2.19, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 28.04, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0037 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.07 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.4005, 61.3363, 38.9462)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD99 #99A9DD

analogous

#DDAB99 #DDCD99 #CBDD99

triadic

#DDCD99 #99DDCD #CD99DD

tetradic

#DDCD99 #99DDAB #99A9DD #DD99CB

square

#DDCD99 #99DDAB #99A9DD #DD99CB

split-complementary

#DDCD99 #99CBDD #AB99DD

monochromatic

#BD9F3F #CEB66B #DDCD99 #ECE3C7 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DDCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD99

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD99	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.070 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb7',
    500: '#ddcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd99;
$custom-light: #e8dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.61335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD99

secondary

#6578B5

accent

#4BBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD99

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

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