#DDCC79#DDCC79

#DDCC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.106 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC79
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -5.26, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 43.66, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0148 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.106 98)
XYZ	xyz(54.8643, 59.9403, 26.7651)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC79 #798ADD

analogous

#DD9A79 #DDCC79 #BCDD79

triadic

#DDCC79 #79DDCC #CC79DD

tetradic

#DDCC79 #79DD9A #798ADD #DD79BC

square

#DDCC79 #79DD9A #798ADD #DD79BC

split-complementary

#DDCC79 #79BCDD #9A79DD

monochromatic

#AF992C #D1B948 #DDCC79 #E9DFAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DDCC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC79

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC79	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.106 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dba1',
    500: '#ddcc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc79;
$custom-light: #e9dba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84135,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.59938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC79

secondary

#495BB1

accent

#3BC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC79

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

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