#DDD77E#DDD77E

#DDD77E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.111 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD77E
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -10.36, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 45.71, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.029 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.111 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8863, 65.4809, 29.3244)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD77E #7E84DD

analogous

#DDA87E #DDD77E #B3DD7E

triadic

#DDD77E #7EDDD7 #D77EDD

tetradic

#DDD77E #7EDDA8 #7E84DD #DD7EB3

square

#DDD77E #7EDDA8 #7E84DD #DD7EB3

split-complementary

#DDD77E #7EB3DD #A87EDD

monochromatic

#B2A92F #D0C84E #DDD77E #EAE6AE #F7F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DDD77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD77E

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD77E	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.111 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3a5',
    500: '#ddd77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd77e;
$custom-light: #e9e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86476,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD77E

secondary

#4C52B4

accent

#2AC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD77E

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

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