#DDD478#DDD478

#DDD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD478
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -9.44, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 47.34, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0269 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7538, 63.8168, 27.0939)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD478 #7881DD

analogous

#DDA178 #DDD478 #B4DD78

triadic

#DDD478 #78DDD4 #D478DD

tetradic

#DDD478 #78DDA1 #7881DD #DD78B4

square

#DDD478 #78DDA1 #7881DD #DD78B4

split-complementary

#DDD478 #78B4DD #A178DD

monochromatic

#AFA32C #D1C447 #DDD478 #E9E4A9 #F6F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DDD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD478

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD478	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a1',
    500: '#ddd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd478;
$custom-light: #e9e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85767,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD478

secondary

#4852B1

accent

#2DC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD478

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

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