#DDCA79#DDCA79

#DDCA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.104 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA79
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -4.23, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 42.91, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0118 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.104 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3920, 58.9957, 26.6076)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA79 #798CDD

analogous

#DD9879 #DDCA79 #BEDD79

triadic

#DDCA79 #79DDCA #CA79DD

tetradic

#DDCA79 #79DD98 #798CDD #DD79BE

square

#DDCA79 #79DD98 #798CDD #DD79BE

split-complementary

#DDCA79 #79BEDD #9879DD

monochromatic

#AF962C #D1B748 #DDCA79 #E9DDAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDCA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA79

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA79	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.104 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a1',
    500: '#ddca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca79;
$custom-light: #e9d9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83727,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA79

secondary

#495DB1

accent

#3EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA79

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

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