#DDD16D#DDD16D

#DDD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.123 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD16D
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -8.92, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 51.37, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0265 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.123 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3812, 62.0790, 23.5302)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD16D #6D79DD

analogous

#DD996D #DDD16D #B1DD6D

triadic

#DDD16D #6DDDD1 #D16DDD

tetradic

#DDD16D #6DDD99 #6D79DD #DD6DB1

square

#DDD16D #6DDD99 #6D79DD #DD6DB1

split-complementary

#DDD16D #6DB1DD #996DDD

monochromatic

#A89B27 #D1C13B #DDD16D #E9E19F #F4F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DDD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD16D

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD16D	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.123 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade99',
    500: '#ddd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd16d;
$custom-light: #eade99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84998,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD16D

secondary

#434EAB

accent

#2ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD16D

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

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