#DDCE85#DDCE85

#DDCE85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.094 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE85
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -5.05, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 38.51, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0131 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.094 98)
XYZ	xyz(56.1249, 61.2100, 31.0440)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE85 #8594DD

analogous

#DDA285 #DDCE85 #C0DD85

triadic

#DDCE85 #85DDCE #CE85DD

tetradic

#DDCE85 #85DDA2 #8594DD #DD85C0

square

#DDCE85 #85DDA2 #8594DD #DD85C0

split-complementary

#DDCE85 #85C0DD #A285DD

monochromatic

#B59F32 #D0BB55 #DDCE85 #EAE1B5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DDCE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE85

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE85	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.094 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca9',
    500: '#ddce85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce85;
$custom-light: #e9dca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84733,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.61208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE85

secondary

#5263B4

accent

#3DC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE85

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →