#DDCA78#DDCA78

#DDCA78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.105 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA78
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -4.33, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 43.40, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0122 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.105 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3310, 58.9713, 26.2863)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA78 #788BDD

analogous

#DD9878 #DDCA78 #BEDD78

triadic

#DDCA78 #78DDCA #CA78DD

tetradic

#DDCA78 #78DD98 #788BDD #DD78BE

square

#DDCA78 #78DD98 #788BDD #DD78BE

split-complementary

#DDCA78 #78BEDD #9878DD

monochromatic

#AF962C #D1B747 #DDCA78 #E9DDA9 #F6F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DDCA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA78

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA78	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)

#D9C671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.105 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a0',
    500: '#ddca78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca78;
$custom-light: #e9d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83712,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA78

secondary

#485CB1

accent

#3EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA78

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

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