#DDCE79#DDCE79

#DDCE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.107 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE79
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -6.29, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 44.44, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0177 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.107 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3427, 60.8971, 26.9245)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE79 #7988DD

analogous

#DD9C79 #DDCE79 #BADD79

triadic

#DDCE79 #79DDCE #CE79DD

tetradic

#DDCE79 #79DD9C #7988DD #DD79BA

square

#DDCE79 #79DD9C #7988DD #DD79BA

split-complementary

#DDCE79 #79BADD #9C79DD

monochromatic

#AF9C2C #D1BC48 #DDCE79 #E9E0AA #F6F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDCE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DDCE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE79

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE79	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.107 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dca1',
    500: '#ddce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce79;
$custom-light: #e9dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84545,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE79

secondary

#4959B1

accent

#38C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE79

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

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