#DDCB8B#DDCB8B

#DDCB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.085 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB8B
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 139)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -2.84, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 34.34, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0063 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.085 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8360, 59.9499, 33.0513)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB8B #8B9DDD

analogous

#DDA28B #DDCB8B #C6DD8B

triadic

#DDCB8B #8BDDCB #CB8BDD

tetradic

#DDCB8B #8BDDA2 #8B9DDD #DD8BC6

square

#DDCB8B #8BDDA2 #8B9DDD #DD8BC6

split-complementary

#DDCB8B #8BC6DD #A28BDD

monochromatic

#B89B36 #CFB65C #DDCB8B #EBE0BA #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DDCB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB8B

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB8B	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.085 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#ddcb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb8b;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84225,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB8B

secondary

#586CB4

accent

#46C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB8B

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

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