#DDCB8A#DDCB8A

#DDCB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.086 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB8A
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -2.96, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 34.85, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0067 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.086 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7632, 59.9208, 32.6683)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB8A #8A9CDD

analogous

#DDA18A #DDCB8A #C5DD8A

triadic

#DDCB8A #8ADDCB #CB8ADD

tetradic

#DDCB8A #8ADDA1 #8A9CDD #DD8AC5

square

#DDCB8A #8ADDA1 #8A9CDD #DD8AC5

split-complementary

#DDCB8A #8AC5DD #A18ADD

monochromatic

#B79B35 #CFB65B #DDCB8A #EBE0B9 #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB8A

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB8A	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)

#D8C885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.086 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#ddcb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb8a;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84207,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB8A

secondary

#576BB4

accent

#46C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB8A

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

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