#DDC772#DDC772

#DDC772 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.108 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC772
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -3.35, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 45.23, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0099 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.108 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2811, 57.4360, 24.1960)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC772 #7288DD

analogous

#DD9172 #DDC772 #BDDD72

triadic

#DDC772 #72DDC7 #C772DD

tetradic

#DDC772 #72DD91 #7288DD #DD72BD

square

#DDC772 #72DD91 #7288DD #DD72BD

split-complementary

#DDC772 #72BDDD #9172DD

monochromatic

#AB9129 #D1B341 #DDC772 #E9DBA3 #F5EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DDC772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC772

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC772	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.108 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d79c',
    500: '#ddc772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc772;
$custom-light: #e9d79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83013,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC772

secondary

#465BAE

accent

#40C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC772

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

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