#DDD160#DDD160

#DDD160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD160
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -9.96, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 57.34, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0309 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7324, 61.8195, 20.1134)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD160 #606CDD

analogous

#DD9360 #DDD160 #ABDD60

triadic

#DDD160 #60DDD1 #D160DD

tetradic

#DDD160 #60DD93 #606CDD #DD60AB

square

#DDD160 #60DD93 #606CDD #DD60AB

split-complementary

#DDD160 #60ABDD #9360DD

monochromatic

#A09422 #D2C22E #DDD160 #E8E092 #F3EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DDD160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD160

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD160	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade91',
    500: '#ddd160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd160;
$custom-light: #eade91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84844,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD160

secondary

#3E47A4

accent

#2ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD160

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

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