#DDCB85#DDCB85

#DDCB85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.092 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB85
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -3.51, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 37.35, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0087 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.092 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4096, 59.7793, 30.8056)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB85 #8597DD

analogous

#DD9F85 #DDCB85 #C3DD85

triadic

#DDCB85 #85DDCB #CB85DD

tetradic

#DDCB85 #85DD9F #8597DD #DD85C3

square

#DDCB85 #85DD9F #8597DD #DD85C3

split-complementary

#DDCB85 #85C3DD #9F85DD

monochromatic

#B59A32 #D0B755 #DDCB85 #EADFB5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB85

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB85	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.092 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daa9',
    500: '#ddcb85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb85;
$custom-light: #e9daa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84121,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB85

secondary

#5266B4

accent

#43C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB85

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

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