#DDCB8D#DDCB8D

#DDCB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.083 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB8D
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -2.61, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 33.34, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0055 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.083 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9834, 60.0089, 33.8280)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB8D #8D9FDD

analogous

#DDA38D #DDCB8D #C7DD8D

triadic

#DDCB8D #8DDDCB #CB8DDD

tetradic

#DDCB8D #8DDDA3 #8D9FDD #DD8DC7

square

#DDCB8D #8DDDA3 #8D9FDD #DD8DC7

split-complementary

#DDCB8D #8DC7DD #A38DDD

monochromatic

#B99B37 #CFB55E #DDCB8D #EBE1BC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#DDCB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB8D

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB8D	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.083 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8daaf',
    500: '#ddcb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb8d;
$custom-light: #e8daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84261,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB8D

secondary

#5A6EB4

accent

#47C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB8D

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

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