#DDCB74#DDCB74

#DDCB74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.110 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB74
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -5.23, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 45.72, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0152 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.11 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.3287, 59.3470, 25.1129)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB74 #7486DD

analogous

#DD9674 #DDCB74 #BADD74

triadic

#DDCB74 #74DDCB #CB74DD

tetradic

#DDCB74 #74DD96 #7486DD #DD74BA

square

#DDCB74 #74DD96 #7486DD #DD74BA

split-complementary

#DDCB74 #74BADD #9674DD

monochromatic

#AC962A #D1B943 #DDCB74 #E9DDA5 #F5F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#DDCB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB74

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB74	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.110 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da9e',
    500: '#ddcb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb74;
$custom-light: #e9da9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83858,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB74

secondary

#4758AF

accent

#3AC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB74

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

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