#DDCB5E#DDCB5E

#DDCB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB5E
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -7.06, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 56.03, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0228 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.1971, 58.8943, 19.1531)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB5E #5E70DD

analogous

#DD8C5E #DDCB5E #B0DD5E

triadic

#DDCB5E #5EDDCB #CB5EDD

tetradic

#DDCB5E #5EDD8C #5E70DD #DD5EB0

square

#DDCB5E #5EDD8C #5E70DD #DD5EB0

split-complementary

#DDCB5E #5EB0DD #8C5EDD

monochromatic

#9F8D22 #D2BA2C #DDCB5E #E8DB91 #F2ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DDCB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB5E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB5E	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8f',
    500: '#ddcb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb5e;
$custom-light: #eada8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83581,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.58892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB5E

secondary

#3D4BA2

accent

#32CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB5E

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

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