#DDCE76#DDCE76

#DDCE76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE76
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -6.58, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 45.90, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0189 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1616, 60.8246, 25.9707)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE76 #7685DD

analogous

#DD9B76 #DDCE76 #B9DD76

triadic

#DDCE76 #76DDCE #CE76DD

tetradic

#DDCE76 #76DD9B #7685DD #DD76B9

square

#DDCE76 #76DD9B #7685DD #DD76B9

split-complementary

#DDCE76 #76B9DD #9B76DD

monochromatic

#AE9B2B #D1BC45 #DDCE76 #E9E0A7 #F5F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#DDCE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE76

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE76	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)

#DDC96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc9f',
    500: '#ddce76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce76;
$custom-light: #e9dc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84502,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE76

secondary

#4757B0

accent

#36C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE76

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

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