#DDC36B#DDC36B

#DDC36B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.112 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC36B
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -1.90, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 47.23, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0065 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.112 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9896, 55.4662, 21.8746)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC36B #6B85DD

analogous

#DD8A6B #DDC36B #BEDD6B

triadic

#DDC36B #6BDDC3 #C36BDD

tetradic

#DDC36B #6BDD8A #6B85DD #DD6BBE

square

#DDC36B #6BDD8A #6B85DD #DD6BBE

split-complementary

#DDC36B #6BBEDD #8A6BDD

monochromatic

#A78A26 #D2AF39 #DDC36B #E8D79D #F4EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DDC36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC36B

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC36B	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.112 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead497',
    500: '#ddc36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc36b;
$custom-light: #ead497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82104,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC36B

secondary

#425AAA

accent

#43CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC36B

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

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