#DDCB73#DDCB73

#DDCB73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.111 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB73
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -5.32, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 46.20, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0155 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.111 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2708, 59.3238, 24.8082)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB73 #7385DD

analogous

#DD9673 #DDCB73 #BADD73

triadic

#DDCB73 #73DDCB #CB73DD

tetradic

#DDCB73 #73DD96 #7385DD #DD73BA

square

#DDCB73 #73DD96 #7385DD #DD73BA

split-complementary

#DDCB73 #73BADD #9673DD

monochromatic

#AC962A #D1B942 #DDCB73 #E9DDA4 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB73

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB73	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)

#DAC76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.111 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da9d',
    500: '#ddcb73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb73;
$custom-light: #e9da9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83844,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB73

secondary

#4658AE

accent

#3AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB73

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

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