#DDCC77#DDCC77

#DDCC77 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.108 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC77
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -5.46, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 44.64, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0155 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.108 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7429, 59.8917, 26.1258)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC77 #7788DD

analogous

#DD9977 #DDCC77 #BBDD77

triadic

#DDCC77 #77DDCC #CC77DD

tetradic

#DDCC77 #77DD99 #7788DD #DD77BB

square

#DDCC77 #77DD99 #7788DD #DD77BB

split-complementary

#DDCC77 #77BBDD #9977DD

monochromatic

#AE982C #D1BA46 #DDCC77 #E9DEA8 #F5F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC77

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC77	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.108 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba0',
    500: '#ddcc77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc77;
$custom-light: #e9dba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84106,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC77

secondary

#4859B0

accent

#3AC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC77

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

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