#DDCB83#DDCB83

#DDCB83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.094 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB83
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 131)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 40.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -3.73, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 38.35, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0095 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.094 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2727, 59.7246, 30.0848)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB83 #8395DD

analogous

#DD9E83 #DDCB83 #C2DD83

triadic

#DDCB83 #83DDCB #CB83DD

tetradic

#DDCB83 #83DD9E #8395DD #DD83C2

square

#DDCB83 #83DD9E #8395DD #DD83C2

split-complementary

#DDCB83 #83C2DD #9E83DD

monochromatic

#B49A31 #D0B753 #DDCB83 #EADFB3 #F7F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCB83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB83

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB83	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.094 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa8',
    500: '#ddcb83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb83;
$custom-light: #e9daa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84088,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB83

secondary

#5064B4

accent

#42C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB83

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

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