#DDC975#DDC975

#DDC975 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.107 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC975
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 47.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -4.10, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 44.49, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0118 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.107 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9179, 58.4318, 25.2645)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC975 #7589DD

analogous

#DD9575 #DDC975 #BDDD75

triadic

#DDC975 #75DDC9 #C975DD

tetradic

#DDC975 #75DD95 #7589DD #DD75BD

square

#DDC975 #75DD95 #7589DD #DD75BD

split-complementary

#DDC975 #75BDDD #9575DD

monochromatic

#AD942B #D1B644 #DDC975 #E9DCA6 #F5EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDC975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DDC975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC975

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC975	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.107 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d99e',
    500: '#ddc975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc975;
$custom-light: #e9d99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC975

secondary

#475BAF

accent

#3EC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC975

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

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