#DDCD79#DDCD79

#DDCD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.106 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD79
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -5.78, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 44.05, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0163 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.107 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1027, 60.4171, 26.8445)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD79 #7989DD

analogous

#DD9B79 #DDCD79 #BBDD79

triadic

#DDCD79 #79DDCD #CD79DD

tetradic

#DDCD79 #79DD9B #7989DD #DD79BB

square

#DDCD79 #79DD9B #7989DD #DD79BB

split-complementary

#DDCD79 #79BBDD #9B79DD

monochromatic

#AF9A2C #D1BB48 #DDCD79 #E9DFAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DDCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD79

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD79	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)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.106 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca1',
    500: '#ddcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd79;
$custom-light: #e9dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8434,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD79

secondary

#495AB1

accent

#39C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD79

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

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