#DDDA79#DDDA79

#DDDA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.120 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA79
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -12.36, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 49.42, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0352 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.12 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.3426, 66.8969, 27.9245)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA79 #797CDD

analogous

#DDA879 #DDDA79 #AEDD79

triadic

#DDDA79 #79DDDA #DA79DD

tetradic

#DDDA79 #79DDA8 #797CDD #DD79AE

square

#DDDA79 #79DDA8 #797CDD #DD79AE

split-complementary

#DDDA79 #79AEDD #A879DD

monochromatic

#AFAB2C #D1CD48 #DDDA79 #E9E7AA #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DDDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA79

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA79	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.120 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5a1',
    500: '#ddda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda79;
$custom-light: #e9e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87028,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA79

secondary

#494CB1

accent

#23C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA79

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

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