#DDD17C#DDD17C

#DDD17C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD17C
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -7.52, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 44.17, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.021 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.2586, 62.4300, 28.1516)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD17C #7C88DD

analogous

#DDA07C #DDD17C #B9DD7C

triadic

#DDD17C #7CDDD1 #D17CDD

tetradic

#DDD17C #7CDDA0 #7C88DD #DD7CB9

square

#DDD17C #7CDDA0 #7C88DD #DD7CB9

split-complementary

#DDD17C #7CB9DD #A07CDD

monochromatic

#B1A12E #D0C04B #DDD17C #EAE2AD #F6F3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DDD17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD17C

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD17C	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea3',
    500: '#ddd17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd17c;
$custom-light: #e9dea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85206,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD17C

secondary

#4B57B3

accent

#34C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD17C

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

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