#DDD265#DDD265

#DDD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.131 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD265
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -10.08, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 55.47, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0307 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.131 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2161, 62.4068, 21.4466)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD265 #6570DD

analogous

#DD9665 #DDD265 #ACDD65

triadic

#DDD265 #65DDD2 #D265DD

tetradic

#DDD265 #65DD96 #6570DD #DD65AC

square

#DDD265 #65DD96 #6570DD #DD65AC

split-complementary

#DDD265 #65ACDD #9665DD

monochromatic

#A49824 #D2C333 #DDD265 #E8E197 #F3EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DDD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD265

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD265	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.131 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf94',
    500: '#ddd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd265;
$custom-light: #eadf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85108,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD265

secondary

#4049A7

accent

#2ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD265

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

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