#DDD079#DDD079

#DDD079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.109 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD079
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -7.31, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 45.23, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0207 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.109 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8272, 61.8662, 27.0860)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD079 #7986DD

analogous

#DD9E79 #DDD079 #B8DD79

triadic

#DDD079 #79DDD0 #D079DD

tetradic

#DDD079 #79DD9E #7986DD #DD79B8

square

#DDD079 #79DD9E #7986DD #DD79B8

split-complementary

#DDD079 #79B8DD #9E79DD

monochromatic

#AF9E2C #D1BF48 #DDD079 #E9E1AA #F6F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DDD079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD079

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD079	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.109 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea1',
    500: '#ddd079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd079;
$custom-light: #e9dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84956,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD079

secondary

#4957B1

accent

#34C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD079

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

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