#DDDC7C#DDDC7C

#DDDC7C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.119 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC7C
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -13.07, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 48.87, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.037 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.119 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.0512, 68.0151, 29.0824)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC7C #7C7DDD

analogous

#DDAB7C #DDDC7C #AEDD7C

triadic

#DDDC7C #7CDDDC #DC7CDD

tetradic

#DDDC7C #7CDDAB #7C7DDD #DD7CAE

square

#DDDC7C #7CDDAB #7C7DDD #DD7CAE

split-complementary

#DDDC7C #7CAEDD #AB7CDD

monochromatic

#B1AF2E #D0CF4B #DDDC7C #EAE9AD #F6F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDC7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DDDC7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC7C

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC7C	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.119 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6a4',
    500: '#dddc7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc7c;
$custom-light: #e9e6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87487,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC7C

secondary

#4B4CB3

accent

#21C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC7C

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

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