#DDCF99#DDCF99

#DDCF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.072 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF99
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -3.23, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 28.83, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0067 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.072 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8820, 62.2992, 39.1067)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF99 #99A7DD

analogous

#DDAD99 #DDCF99 #C9DD99

triadic

#DDCF99 #99DDCF #CF99DD

tetradic

#DDCF99 #99DDAD #99A7DD #DD99C9

square

#DDCF99 #99DDAD #99A7DD #DD99C9

split-complementary

#DDCF99 #99C9DD #AD99DD

monochromatic

#BDA33F #CEB96B #DDCF99 #ECE5C7 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDCF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DDCF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF99

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF99	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.072 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ddb7',
    500: '#ddcf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf99;
$custom-light: #e8ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85298,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF99

secondary

#6576B5

accent

#47BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF99

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

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