#DDCD78#DDCD78

#DDCD78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.108 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD78
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -5.87, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 44.54, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0166 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.108 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0417, 60.3927, 26.5233)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD78 #7888DD

analogous

#DD9B78 #DDCD78 #BBDD78

triadic

#DDCD78 #78DDCD #CD78DD

tetradic

#DDCD78 #78DD9B #7888DD #DD78BB

square

#DDCD78 #78DD9B #7888DD #DD78BB

split-complementary

#DDCD78 #78BBDD #9B78DD

monochromatic

#AF9A2C #D1BB47 #DDCD78 #E9DFA9 #F6F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DDCD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD78

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD78	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.108 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca0',
    500: '#ddcd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd78;
$custom-light: #e9dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84325,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD78

secondary

#4859B1

accent

#39C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD78

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

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