#DDD779#DDD779

#DDD779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.117 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD779
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -10.86, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 48.13, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0309 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.117 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5717, 65.3551, 27.6675)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD779 #797FDD

analogous

#DDA579 #DDD779 #B1DD79

triadic

#DDD779 #79DDD7 #D779DD

tetradic

#DDD779 #79DDA5 #797FDD #DD79B1

square

#DDD779 #79DDA5 #797FDD #DD79B1

split-complementary

#DDD779 #79B1DD #A579DD

monochromatic

#AFA72C #D1C848 #DDD779 #E9E6AA #F6F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DDD779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD779

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD779	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.117 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3a1',
    500: '#ddd779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd779;
$custom-light: #e9e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86404,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD779

secondary

#494FB1

accent

#28C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD779

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

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