#DDCE78#DDCE78

#DDCE78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.108 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE78
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -6.38, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 44.92, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0181 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2817, 60.8727, 26.6032)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE78 #7887DD

analogous

#DD9C78 #DDCE78 #BADD78

triadic

#DDCE78 #78DDCE #CE78DD

tetradic

#DDCE78 #78DD9C #7887DD #DD78BA

square

#DDCE78 #78DD9C #7887DD #DD78BA

split-complementary

#DDCE78 #78BADD #9C78DD

monochromatic

#AF9B2C #D1BC47 #DDCE78 #E9E0A9 #F6F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#DDCE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE78

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE78	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)

#DDC971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.108 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca0',
    500: '#ddce78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce78;
$custom-light: #e9dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8453,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE78

secondary

#4858B1

accent

#37C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE78

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

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