#DDD170#DDD170

#DDD170 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD170
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -8.65, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 49.96, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0254 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5454, 62.1448, 24.3953)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD170 #707CDD

analogous

#DD9A70 #DDD170 #B3DD70

triadic

#DDD170 #70DDD1 #D170DD

tetradic

#DDD170 #70DD9A #707CDD #DD70B3

square

#DDD170 #70DD9A #707CDD #DD70B3

split-complementary

#DDD170 #70B3DD #9A70DD

monochromatic

#AA9C28 #D1C13F #DDD170 #E9E1A1 #F5F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DDD170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD170

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD170	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade9b',
    500: '#ddd170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd170;
$custom-light: #eade9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD170

secondary

#4550AD

accent

#2FC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD170

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

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