#DDCB7D#DDCB7D

#DDCB7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.100 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB7D
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -4.35, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 41.32, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0118 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.1 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8778, 59.5666, 28.0048)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB7D #7D8FDD

analogous

#DD9B7D #DDCB7D #BFDD7D

triadic

#DDCB7D #7DDDCB #CB7DDD

tetradic

#DDCB7D #7DDD9B #7D8FDD #DD7DBF

square

#DDCB7D #7DDD9B #7D8FDD #DD7DBF

split-complementary

#DDCB7D #7DBFDD #9B7DDD

monochromatic

#B1992E #D0B84C #DDCB7D #EADEAE #F6F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCB7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DDCB7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB7D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB7D	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.100 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa4',
    500: '#ddcb7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb7d;
$custom-light: #e9daa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83992,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB7D

secondary

#4B5FB3

accent

#3FC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB7D

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

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