#DDCB86#DDCB86

#DDCB86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.090 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB86
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -3.40, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 36.85, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0083 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.09 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4790, 59.8071, 31.1711)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB86 #8698DD

analogous

#DDA086 #DDCB86 #C4DD86

triadic

#DDCB86 #86DDCB #CB86DD

tetradic

#DDCB86 #86DDA0 #8698DD #DD86C4

square

#DDCB86 #86DDA0 #8698DD #DD86C4

split-complementary

#DDCB86 #86C4DD #A086DD

monochromatic

#B69B33 #D0B656 #DDCB86 #EAE0B6 #F8F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCB86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB86

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB86	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)

#D8C881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.090 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daaa',
    500: '#ddcb86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb86;
$custom-light: #e9daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84138,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB86

secondary

#5367B4

accent

#43C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB86

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

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