#DDCB81#DDCB81

#DDCB81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.096 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB81
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -3.94, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 39.34, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0102 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.096 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1385, 59.6709, 29.3778)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB81 #8193DD

analogous

#DD9D81 #DDCB81 #C1DD81

triadic

#DDCB81 #81DDCB #CB81DD

tetradic

#DDCB81 #81DD9D #8193DD #DD81C1

square

#DDCB81 #81DD9D #8193DD #DD81C1

split-complementary

#DDCB81 #81C1DD #9D81DD

monochromatic

#B39A30 #D0B751 #DDCB81 #EADFB1 #F7F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DDCB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB81

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB81	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C77B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.096 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa6',
    500: '#ddcb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb81;
$custom-light: #e9daa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84055,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB81

secondary

#4E62B4

accent

#41C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB81

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

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