#DDCB89#DDCB89

#DDCB89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.087 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB89
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 137)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 38%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -3.07, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 35.35, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0071 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.087 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.6912, 59.8920, 32.2888)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB89 #899BDD

analogous

#DDA189 #DDCB89 #C5DD89

triadic

#DDCB89 #89DDCB #CB89DD

tetradic

#DDCB89 #89DDA1 #899BDD #DD89C5

square

#DDCB89 #89DDA1 #899BDD #DD89C5

split-complementary

#DDCB89 #89C5DD #A189DD

monochromatic

#B79B35 #CFB659 #DDCB89 #EBE0B9 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB89

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB89	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.087 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daac',
    500: '#ddcb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb89;
$custom-light: #e9daac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8419,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB89

secondary

#566AB4

accent

#45C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB89

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

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