#DDB579 — Light Yellow

#DDB579 is a light yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#DDB579 color swatch, light yellow#DDB579
CSS Nameburlywood (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f8f5f1
100#efe9e0
200#e4d7c4
300#d4bc9b
400#be9c69
500#ab8344
600#987234
700#805d23
800#6c4d1b
900#5c4114
950#372609

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.92:1
Contrast on black
10.96:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.007 77); /* #f8f5f1 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 77); /* #efe9e0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.029 77); /* #e4d7c4 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.053 77); /* #d4bc9b */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.078 77); /* #be9c69 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.095 77); /* #ab8344 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.093 77); /* #987234 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.087 77); /* #805d23 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.078 77); /* #6c4d1b */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.07 77); /* #5c4114 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.049 77); /* #372609 */
}

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