#DDC879#DDC879

#DDC879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.102 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC879
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -3.20, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 42.18, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0088 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.102 95)
XYZ	xyz(53.9258, 58.0632, 26.4522)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC879 #798EDD

analogous

#DD9679 #DDC879 #C0DD79

triadic

#DDC879 #79DDC8 #C879DD

tetradic

#DDC879 #79DD96 #798EDD #DD79C0

square

#DDC879 #79DD96 #798EDD #DD79C0

split-complementary

#DDC879 #79C0DD #9679DD

monochromatic

#AF942C #D1B448 #DDC879 #E9DCAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDC879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC879

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC879	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)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.102 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d8a1',
    500: '#ddc879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc879;
$custom-light: #e9d8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83319,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.58061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC879

secondary

#495FB1

accent

#42C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC879

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

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