#DDC778#DDC778

#DDC778 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.102 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC778
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -2.78, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 42.31, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0077 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.102 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6339, 57.5771, 26.0540)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC778 #788EDD

analogous

#DD9578 #DDC778 #C0DD78

triadic

#DDC778 #78DDC7 #C778DD

tetradic

#DDC778 #78DD95 #788EDD #DD78C0

square

#DDC778 #78DD95 #788EDD #DD78C0

split-complementary

#DDC778 #78C0DD #9578DD

monochromatic

#AF922C #D1B347 #DDC778 #E9DBA9 #F6F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DDC778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC778

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC778	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.102 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7a0',
    500: '#ddc778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc778;
$custom-light: #e9d7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83101,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC778

secondary

#485FB1

accent

#43C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC778

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

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