#DDD169#DDD169

#DDD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD169
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -9.25, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 53.24, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0279 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1707, 61.9949, 22.4219)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD169 #6975DD

analogous

#DD9769 #DDD169 #AFDD69

triadic

#DDD169 #69DDD1 #D169DD

tetradic

#DDD169 #69DD97 #6975DD #DD69AF

square

#DDD169 #69DD97 #6975DD #DD69AF

split-complementary

#DDD169 #69AFDD #9769DD

monochromatic

#A69926 #D2C237 #DDD169 #E8E09B #F4F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DDD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD169

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD169	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade97',
    500: '#ddd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd169;
$custom-light: #eade97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84948,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD169

secondary

#414CA9

accent

#2DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD169

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

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