#DDCB78#DDCB78

#DDCB78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.106 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB78
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -4.85, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 43.77, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0137 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.106 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5664, 59.4420, 26.3648)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB78 #788ADD

analogous

#DD9978 #DDCB78 #BDDD78

triadic

#DDCB78 #78DDCB #CB78DD

tetradic

#DDCB78 #78DD99 #788ADD #DD78BD

square

#DDCB78 #78DD99 #788ADD #DD78BD

split-complementary

#DDCB78 #78BDDD #9978DD

monochromatic

#AF972C #D1B847 #DDCB78 #E9DEA9 #F6F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DDCB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB78

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB78	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.106 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa0',
    500: '#ddcb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb78;
$custom-light: #e9daa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83916,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB78

secondary

#485BB1

accent

#3CC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB78

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

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