#DDC77D#DDC77D

#DDC77D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.097 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC77D
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 125)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -2.29, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 39.85, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0058 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.097 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9453, 57.7017, 27.6940)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC77D #7D93DD

analogous

#DD977D #DDC77D #C3DD7D

triadic

#DDC77D #7DDDC7 #C77DDD

tetradic

#DDC77D #7DDD97 #7D93DD #DD7DC3

square

#DDC77D #7DDD97 #7D93DD #DD7DC3

split-complementary

#DDC77D #7DC3DD #977DDD

monochromatic

#B1932E #D0B24C #DDC77D #EADCAE #F6F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DDC77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC77D

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC77D	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.097 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7a4',
    500: '#ddc77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc77d;
$custom-light: #e9d7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83178,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC77D

secondary

#4B63B3

accent

#46C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC77D

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

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