#DDD16C#DDD16C

#DDD16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.124 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD16C
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -9.00, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 51.84, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0269 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.124 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3276, 62.0576, 23.2483)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD16C #6C78DD

analogous

#DD986C #DDD16C #B1DD6C

triadic

#DDD16C #6CDDD1 #D16CDD

tetradic

#DDD16C #6CDD98 #6C78DD #DD6CB1

square

#DDD16C #6CDD98 #6C78DD #DD6CB1

split-complementary

#DDD16C #6CB1DD #986CDD

monochromatic

#A89A27 #D2C13A #DDD16C #E8E19E #F4F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DDD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD16C

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD16C	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.124 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade98',
    500: '#ddd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd16c;
$custom-light: #eade98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84986,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD16C

secondary

#434EAA

accent

#2ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD16C

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

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