#DDD978#DDD978

#DDD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD978
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -11.95, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 49.46, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0341 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0231, 66.3554, 27.5170)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD978 #787CDD

analogous

#DDA778 #DDD978 #AFDD78

triadic

#DDD978 #78DDD9 #D978DD

tetradic

#DDD978 #78DDA7 #787CDD #DD78AF

square

#DDD978 #78DDA7 #787CDD #DD78AF

split-complementary

#DDD978 #78AFDD #A778DD

monochromatic

#AFA92C #D1CB47 #DDD978 #E9E7A9 #F6F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DDD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD978

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD978	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a1',
    500: '#ddd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd978;
$custom-light: #e9e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86806,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD978

secondary

#484DB1

accent

#25C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD978

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

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