#DDCD8B#DDCD8B

#DDCD8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.087 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD8B
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 37.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -3.87, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 35.11, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0093 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.087 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3113, 60.9006, 33.2098)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD8B #8B9BDD

analogous

#DDA48B #DDCD8B #C4DD8B

triadic

#DDCD8B #8BDDCD #CD8BDD

tetradic

#DDCD8B #8BDDA4 #8B9BDD #DD8BC4

square

#DDCD8B #8BDDA4 #8B9BDD #DD8BC4

split-complementary

#DDCD8B #8BC4DD #A48BDD

monochromatic

#B89E36 #CFB95C #DDCD8B #EBE1BA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DDCD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD8B

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD8B	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.087 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#ddcd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd8b;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84631,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD8B

secondary

#586AB4

accent

#42C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD8B

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

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