#DDCE81#DDCE81

#DDCE81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.099 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE81
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -5.48, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 40.50, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0147 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.099 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8538, 61.1015, 29.6162)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE81 #8190DD

analogous

#DDA081 #DDCE81 #BEDD81

triadic

#DDCE81 #81DDCE #CE81DD

tetradic

#DDCE81 #81DDA0 #8190DD #DD81BE

square

#DDCE81 #81DDA0 #8190DD #DD81BE

split-complementary

#DDCE81 #81BEDD #A081DD

monochromatic

#B39E30 #D0BB51 #DDCE81 #EAE1B1 #F7F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#DDCE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE81

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE81	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.099 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca6',
    500: '#ddce81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce81;
$custom-light: #e9dca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84668,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE81

secondary

#4E5FB4

accent

#3BC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE81

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

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