#DDCE75#DDCE75

#DDCE75 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE75
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 47.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -6.67, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 46.38, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0192 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1025, 60.8010, 25.6594)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE75 #7584DD

analogous

#DD9A75 #DDCE75 #B8DD75

triadic

#DDCE75 #75DDCE #CE75DD

tetradic

#DDCE75 #75DD9A #7584DD #DD75B8

square

#DDCE75 #75DD9A #7584DD #DD75B8

split-complementary

#DDCE75 #75B8DD #9A75DD

monochromatic

#AD9A2B #D1BD44 #DDCE75 #E9DFA6 #F5F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE75

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE75	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)

#DDC96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9e',
    500: '#ddce75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce75;
$custom-light: #e9dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84487,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE75

secondary

#4756AF

accent

#36C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE75

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

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