#DDD16A#DDD16A

#DDD16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD16A
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -9.17, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 52.78, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0275 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2224, 62.0156, 22.6942)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD16A #6A76DD

analogous

#DD986A #DDD16A #B0DD6A

triadic

#DDD16A #6ADDD1 #D16ADD

tetradic

#DDD16A #6ADD98 #6A76DD #DD6AB0

square

#DDD16A #6ADD98 #6A76DD #DD6AB0

split-complementary

#DDD16A #6AB0DD #986ADD

monochromatic

#A79926 #D2C238 #DDD16A #E8E09C #F4F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DDD16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD16A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD16A	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)

#E1CB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade97',
    500: '#ddd16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd16a;
$custom-light: #eade97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84961,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD16A

secondary

#424DA9

accent

#2DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD16A

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

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