#DDC271#DDC271

#DDC271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.106 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC271
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -0.85, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 44.02, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0028 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.106 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0930, 55.1503, 23.5207)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC271 #718CDD

analogous

#DD8C71 #DDC271 #C2DD71

triadic

#DDC271 #71DDC2 #C271DD

tetradic

#DDC271 #71DD8C #718CDD #DD71C2

square

#DDC271 #71DD8C #718CDD #DD71C2

split-complementary

#DDC271 #71C2DD #8C71DD

monochromatic

#AB8A29 #D1AD40 #DDC271 #E9D7A2 #F5ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DDC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC271

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC271	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.106 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead49b',
    500: '#ddc271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc271;
$custom-light: #ead49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81985,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC271

secondary

#455FAD

accent

#48C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC271

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

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