#DDC679#DDC679

#DDC679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.100 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC679
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -2.17, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 41.47, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0058 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.1 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4656, 57.1429, 26.2988)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC679 #7990DD

analogous

#DD9479 #DDC679 #C2DD79

triadic

#DDC679 #79DDC6 #C679DD

tetradic

#DDC679 #79DD94 #7990DD #DD79C2

square

#DDC679 #79DD94 #7990DD #DD79C2

split-complementary

#DDC679 #79C2DD #9479DD

monochromatic

#AF912C #D1B148 #DDC679 #E9DBAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DDC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC679

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC679	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.100 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7a1',
    500: '#ddc679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc679;
$custom-light: #e9d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82913,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC679

secondary

#4961B1

accent

#45C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC679

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

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