#DDD579#DDD579

#DDD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.114 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD579
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -9.85, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 47.28, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.028 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.114 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0655, 64.3427, 27.4988)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD579 #7981DD

analogous

#DDA379 #DDD579 #B3DD79

triadic

#DDD579 #79DDD5 #D579DD

tetradic

#DDD579 #79DDA3 #7981DD #DD79B3

square

#DDD579 #79DDA3 #7981DD #DD79B3

split-complementary

#DDD579 #79B3DD #A379DD

monochromatic

#AFA52C #D1C648 #DDD579 #E9E4AA #F6F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DDD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD579

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD579	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.114 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a1',
    500: '#ddd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd579;
$custom-light: #e9e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85989,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD579

secondary

#4951B1

accent

#2CC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD579

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

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