#DDD252#DDD252

#DDD252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD252
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -11.41, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 63.74, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0366 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3904, 62.0765, 17.0979)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD252 #525DDD

analogous

#DD8D52 #DDD252 #A3DD52

triadic

#DDD252 #52DDD2 #D252DD

tetradic

#DDD252 #52DD8D #525DDD #DD52A3

square

#DDD252 #52DD8D #525DDD #DD52A3

split-complementary

#DDD252 #52A3DD #8D52DD

monochromatic

#978D1E #CABD28 #DDD252 #E7DF85 #F1EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DDD252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD252

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD252	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf88',
    500: '#ddd252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd252;
$custom-light: #ebdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84913,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD252

secondary

#38409B

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD252

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

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