#DDC577#DDC577

#DDC577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.102 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC577
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -1.84, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 42.10, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0051 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.102 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1164, 56.6387, 25.5837)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC577 #778FDD

analogous

#DD9277 #DDC577 #C2DD77

triadic

#DDC577 #77DDC5 #C577DD

tetradic

#DDC577 #77DD92 #778FDD #DD77C2

square

#DDC577 #77DD92 #778FDD #DD77C2

split-complementary

#DDC577 #77C2DD #9277DD

monochromatic

#AE8F2C #D1B046 #DDC577 #E9DAA8 #F5EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DDC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC577

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC577	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.102 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d69f',
    500: '#ddc577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc577;
$custom-light: #e9d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8268,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC577

secondary

#4861B0

accent

#46C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC577

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

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