#DDD272#DDD272

#DDD272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD272
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -8.98, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 49.40, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0262 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9041, 62.6820, 25.0703)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD272 #727DDD

analogous

#DD9C72 #DDD272 #B2DD72

triadic

#DDD272 #72DDD2 #D272DD

tetradic

#DDD272 #72DD9C #727DDD #DD72B2

square

#DDD272 #72DD9C #727DDD #DD72B2

split-complementary

#DDD272 #72B2DD #9C72DD

monochromatic

#AB9E29 #D1C241 #DDD272 #E9E2A3 #F5F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DDD272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD272

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD272	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9c',
    500: '#ddd272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd272;
$custom-light: #e9df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85271,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD272

secondary

#4650AE

accent

#2EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD272

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

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