#DDCE72#DDCE72

#DDCE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE72
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -6.95, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 47.83, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0203 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9289, 60.7316, 24.7453)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE72 #7281DD

analogous

#DD9872 #DDCE72 #B6DD72

triadic

#DDCE72 #72DDCE #CE72DD

tetradic

#DDCE72 #72DD98 #7281DD #DD72B6

square

#DDCE72 #72DD98 #7281DD #DD72B6

split-complementary

#DDCE72 #72B6DD #9872DD

monochromatic

#AB9929 #D1BD41 #DDCE72 #E9DFA3 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DDCE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE72

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE72	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9c',
    500: '#ddce72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce72;
$custom-light: #e9dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84446,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE72

secondary

#4654AE

accent

#35C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE72

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

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