#DDCB72#DDCB72

#DDCB72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.112 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB72
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -5.41, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 46.69, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0159 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.112 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2136, 59.3009, 24.5068)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB72 #7284DD

analogous

#DD9572 #DDCB72 #B9DD72

triadic

#DDCB72 #72DDCB #CB72DD

tetradic

#DDCB72 #72DD95 #7284DD #DD72B9

square

#DDCB72 #72DD95 #7284DD #DD72B9

split-complementary

#DDCB72 #72B9DD #9572DD

monochromatic

#AB9529 #D1B941 #DDCB72 #E9DDA3 #F5EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB72

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB72	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.112 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da9c',
    500: '#ddcb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb72;
$custom-light: #e9da9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8383,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB72

secondary

#4657AE

accent

#3AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB72

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

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