#DDCB76#DDCB76

#DDCB76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.108 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB76
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -5.04, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 44.75, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0144 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.108 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4463, 59.3940, 25.7322)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB76 #7688DD

analogous

#DD9876 #DDCB76 #BCDD76

triadic

#DDCB76 #76DDCB #CB76DD

tetradic

#DDCB76 #76DD98 #7688DD #DD76BC

square

#DDCB76 #76DD98 #7688DD #DD76BC

split-complementary

#DDCB76 #76BCDD #9876DD

monochromatic

#AE972B #D1B845 #DDCB76 #E9DEA7 #F5F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DDCB76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB76

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB76	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.108 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9da9f',
    500: '#ddcb76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb76;
$custom-light: #e9da9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83887,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB76

secondary

#475AB0

accent

#3BC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB76

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

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