#DDD271#DDD271

#DDD271 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.120 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD271
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -9.07, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 49.88, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0265 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.12 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8475, 62.6594, 24.7722)
Luminance	0.6266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD271 #717CDD

analogous

#DD9C71 #DDD271 #B2DD71

triadic

#DDD271 #71DDD2 #D271DD

tetradic

#DDD271 #71DD9C #717CDD #DD71B2

square

#DDD271 #71DD9C #717CDD #DD71B2

split-complementary

#DDD271 #71B2DD #9C71DD

monochromatic

#AB9D29 #D1C240 #DDD271 #E9E2A2 #F5F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DDD271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD271

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD271	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.120 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9c',
    500: '#ddd271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd271;
$custom-light: #e9df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85257,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD271

secondary

#4550AD

accent

#2EC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD271

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

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