#DDD250#DDD250

#DDD250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.149 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD250
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -11.54, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 64.56, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0372 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3154, 62.0465, 16.7030)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD250 #505BDD

analogous

#DD8C50 #DDD250 #A2DD50

triadic

#DDD250 #50DDD2 #D250DD

tetradic

#DDD250 #50DD8C #505BDD #DD50A2

square

#DDD250 #50DD8C #505BDD #DD50A2

split-complementary

#DDD250 #50A2DD #8C50DD

monochromatic

#968C1D #C9BC27 #DDD250 #E7DF83 #F1ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DDD250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD250

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD250	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf87',
    500: '#ddd250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd250;
$custom-light: #ebdf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84895,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD250

secondary

#373F9A

accent

#4BEA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD250

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

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