#DDD181#DDD181

#DDD181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.102 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD181
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -7.01, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 41.71, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0191 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.102 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5829, 62.5597, 29.8593)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD181 #818DDD

analogous

#DDA381 #DDD181 #BBDD81

triadic

#DDD181 #81DDD1 #D181DD

tetradic

#DDD181 #81DDA3 #818DDD #DD81BB

square

#DDD181 #81DDA3 #818DDD #DD81BB

split-complementary

#DDD181 #81BBDD #A381DD

monochromatic

#B3A230 #D0BF51 #DDD181 #EAE3B1 #F7F4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DDD181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD181

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD181	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.102 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea7',
    500: '#ddd181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd181;
$custom-light: #e9dea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85283,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD181

secondary

#4E5CB4

accent

#36C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD181

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

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