#DDCE77#DDCE77

#DDCE77 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE77
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -6.48, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 45.41, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0185 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2213, 60.8485, 26.2853)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE77 #7786DD

analogous

#DD9B77 #DDCE77 #B9DD77

triadic

#DDCE77 #77DDCE #CE77DD

tetradic

#DDCE77 #77DD9B #7786DD #DD77B9

square

#DDCE77 #77DD9B #7786DD #DD77B9

split-complementary

#DDCE77 #77B9DD #9B77DD

monochromatic

#AE9B2C #D1BC46 #DDCE77 #E9E0A8 #F5F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DDCE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE77

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE77	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca0',
    500: '#ddce77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce77;
$custom-light: #e9dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84516,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE77

secondary

#4857B0

accent

#37C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE77

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

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