#DDD178#DDD178

#DDD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD178
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -7.91, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 46.12, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0225 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0108, 62.3309, 26.8463)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD178 #7884DD

analogous

#DD9F78 #DDD178 #B7DD78

triadic

#DDD178 #78DDD1 #D178DD

tetradic

#DDD178 #78DD9F #7884DD #DD78B7

square

#DDD178 #78DD9F #7884DD #DD78B7

split-complementary

#DDD178 #78B7DD #9F78DD

monochromatic

#AF9F2C #D1C047 #DDD178 #E9E2A9 #F6F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DDD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD178

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD178	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea0',
    500: '#ddd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd178;
$custom-light: #e9dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85148,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD178

secondary

#4855B1

accent

#32C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD178

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

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