#DDC478#DDC478

#DDC478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.100 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC478
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -1.23, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 41.27, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0032 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.1 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9505, 56.2102, 25.8262)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC478 #7891DD

analogous

#DD9278 #DDC478 #C3DD78

triadic

#DDC478 #78DDC4 #C478DD

tetradic

#DDC478 #78DD92 #7891DD #DD78C3

square

#DDC478 #78DD92 #7891DD #DD78C3

split-complementary

#DDC478 #78C3DD #9278DD

monochromatic

#AF8E2C #D1AF47 #DDC478 #E9D9A9 #F6EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DDC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC478

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC478	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)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.100 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a0',
    500: '#ddc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc478;
$custom-light: #e9d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82493,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC478

secondary

#4862B1

accent

#48C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC478

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

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