#DDC779#DDC779

#DDC779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.101 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC779
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -2.69, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 41.82, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0073 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.101 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6949, 57.6015, 26.3753)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC779 #798FDD

analogous

#DD9579 #DDC779 #C1DD79

triadic

#DDC779 #79DDC7 #C779DD

tetradic

#DDC779 #79DD95 #798FDD #DD79C1

square

#DDC779 #79DD95 #798FDD #DD79C1

split-complementary

#DDC779 #79C1DD #9579DD

monochromatic

#AF922C #D1B348 #DDC779 #E9DBAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DDC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC779

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC779	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)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.101 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7a1',
    500: '#ddc779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc779;
$custom-light: #e9d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83116,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC779

secondary

#4960B1

accent

#43C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC779

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

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