#DDD260#DDD260

#DDD260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.136 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD260
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -10.46, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 57.72, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0323 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.136 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9785, 62.3118, 20.1954)
Luminance	0.6231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD260 #606BDD

analogous

#DD9460 #DDD260 #AADD60

triadic

#DDD260 #60DDD2 #D260DD

tetradic

#DDD260 #60DD94 #606BDD #DD60AA

square

#DDD260 #60DD94 #606BDD #DD60AA

split-complementary

#DDD260 #60AADD #9460DD

monochromatic

#A09522 #D2C42E #DDD260 #E8E092 #F3EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DDD260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD260

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD260	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.136 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf91',
    500: '#ddd260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd260;
$custom-light: #eadf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85052,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD260

secondary

#3E47A4

accent

#29CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD260

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

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