#DDD174#DDD174

#DDD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.116 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD174
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -8.29, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 48.05, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.024 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.116 102)
XYZ	xyz(55.7731, 62.2358, 25.5944)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD174 #7480DD

analogous

#DD9C74 #DDD174 #B4DD74

triadic

#DDD174 #74DDD1 #D174DD

tetradic

#DDD174 #74DD9C #7480DD #DD74B4

square

#DDD174 #74DD9C #7480DD #DD74B4

split-complementary

#DDD174 #74B4DD #9C74DD

monochromatic

#AC9E2A #D1C143 #DDD174 #E9E1A5 #F5F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DDD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD174

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD174	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.116 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de9e',
    500: '#ddd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd174;
$custom-light: #e9de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85091,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD174

secondary

#4752AF

accent

#31C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD174

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

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