#DDC477#DDC477

#DDC477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.101 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC477
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -1.33, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 41.76, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0036 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.101 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.8901, 56.1861, 25.5082)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC477 #7790DD

analogous

#DD9177 #DDC477 #C3DD77

triadic

#DDC477 #77DDC4 #C477DD

tetradic

#DDC477 #77DD91 #7790DD #DD77C3

square

#DDC477 #77DD91 #7790DD #DD77C3

split-complementary

#DDC477 #77C3DD #9177DD

monochromatic

#AE8E2C #D1AF46 #DDC477 #E9D9A8 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DDC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC477

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC477	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.101 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59f',
    500: '#ddc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc477;
$custom-light: #e9d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC477

secondary

#4862B0

accent

#47C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC477

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

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