#DDC878#DDC878

#DDC878 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.103 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC878
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -3.30, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 42.67, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0092 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.103 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8648, 58.0388, 26.1309)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC878 #788DDD

analogous

#DD9678 #DDC878 #BFDD78

triadic

#DDC878 #78DDC8 #C878DD

tetradic

#DDC878 #78DD96 #788DDD #DD78BF

square

#DDC878 #78DD96 #788DDD #DD78BF

split-complementary

#DDC878 #78BFDD #9678DD

monochromatic

#AF932C #D1B447 #DDC878 #E9DCA9 #F6F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDC878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC878

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC878	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.103 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d8a0',
    500: '#ddc878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc878;
$custom-light: #e9d8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83304,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC878

secondary

#485EB1

accent

#41C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC878

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

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