#DDCB79#DDCB79

#DDCB79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.105 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB79
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -4.75, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 43.28, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0133 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.105 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6274, 59.4664, 26.6861)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB79 #798BDD

analogous

#DD9979 #DDCB79 #BDDD79

triadic

#DDCB79 #79DDCB #CB79DD

tetradic

#DDCB79 #79DD99 #798BDD #DD79BD

square

#DDCB79 #79DD99 #798BDD #DD79BD

split-complementary

#DDCB79 #79BDDD #9979DD

monochromatic

#AF982C #D1B848 #DDCB79 #E9DEAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DDCB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB79

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB79	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)

#DAC772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.105 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa1',
    500: '#ddcb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb79;
$custom-light: #e9daa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83931,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB79

secondary

#495CB1

accent

#3DC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB79

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

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