#DDCE74#DDCE74

#DDCE74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE74
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -6.76, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 46.86, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0196 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(55.0440, 60.7776, 25.3514)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE74 #7483DD

analogous

#DD9974 #DDCE74 #B7DD74

triadic

#DDCE74 #74DDCE #CE74DD

tetradic

#DDCE74 #74DD99 #7483DD #DD74B7

square

#DDCE74 #74DD99 #7483DD #DD74B7

split-complementary

#DDCE74 #74B7DD #9974DD

monochromatic

#AC9A2A #D1BD43 #DDCE74 #E9DFA5 #F5F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE74

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE74	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9e',
    500: '#ddce74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce74;
$custom-light: #e9dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84473,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE74

secondary

#4755AF

accent

#36C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE74

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

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