#DDCC78#DDCC78

#DDCC78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.107 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC78
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -5.36, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 44.15, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0151 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.107 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8033, 59.9159, 26.4438)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC78 #7889DD

analogous

#DD9A78 #DDCC78 #BCDD78

triadic

#DDCC78 #78DDCC #CC78DD

tetradic

#DDCC78 #78DD9A #7889DD #DD78BC

square

#DDCC78 #78DD9A #7889DD #DD78BC

split-complementary

#DDCC78 #78BCDD #9A78DD

monochromatic

#AF992C #D1BA47 #DDCC78 #E9DEA9 #F6F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC78

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC78	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)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.107 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba0',
    500: '#ddcc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc78;
$custom-light: #e9dba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84121,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC78

secondary

#485AB1

accent

#3BC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC78

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

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