#DDD273#DDD273

#DDD273 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD273
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -8.89, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 48.93, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0258 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9614, 62.7049, 25.3717)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD273 #737EDD

analogous

#DD9D73 #DDD273 #B3DD73

triadic

#DDD273 #73DDD2 #D273DD

tetradic

#DDD273 #73DD9D #737EDD #DD73B3

square

#DDD273 #73DD9D #737EDD #DD73B3

split-complementary

#DDD273 #73B3DD #9D73DD

monochromatic

#AC9E2A #D1C242 #DDD273 #E9E2A4 #F5F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DDD273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD273

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD273	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)

#E1CC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df9d',
    500: '#ddd273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd273;
$custom-light: #e9df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85284,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD273

secondary

#4651AE

accent

#2FC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD273

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

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