#DDCA77#DDCA77

#DDCA77 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.106 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA77
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -4.43, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 43.89, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0126 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.106 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2706, 58.9471, 25.9684)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA77 #778ADD

analogous

#DD9777 #DDCA77 #BDDD77

triadic

#DDCA77 #77DDCA #CA77DD

tetradic

#DDCA77 #77DD97 #778ADD #DD77BD

square

#DDCA77 #77DD97 #778ADD #DD77BD

split-complementary

#DDCA77 #77BDDD #9777DD

monochromatic

#AE962C #D1B746 #DDCA77 #E9DDA8 #F5F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DDCA77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA77

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA77	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.106 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a0',
    500: '#ddca77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca77;
$custom-light: #e9d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83697,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA77

secondary

#485BB0

accent

#3DC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA77

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

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