#DDCB77#DDCB77

#DDCB77 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.107 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB77
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -4.94, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 44.26, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.014 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.107 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5060, 59.4179, 26.0468)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB77 #7789DD

analogous

#DD9877 #DDCB77 #BCDD77

triadic

#DDCB77 #77DDCB #CB77DD

tetradic

#DDCB77 #77DD98 #7789DD #DD77BC

square

#DDCB77 #77DD98 #7789DD #DD77BC

split-complementary

#DDCB77 #77BCDD #9877DD

monochromatic

#AE972C #D1B846 #DDCB77 #E9DEA8 #F5F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DDCB77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB77

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB77	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)

#DAC770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.107 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa0',
    500: '#ddcb77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb77;
$custom-light: #e9daa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83901,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB77

secondary

#485AB0

accent

#3CC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB77

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

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