#DDD280#DDD280

#DDD280 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD280
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -7.63, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 42.61, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.021 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7629, 63.0255, 29.5929)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD280 #808BDD

analogous

#DDA380 #DDD280 #B9DD80

triadic

#DDD280 #80DDD2 #D280DD

tetradic

#DDD280 #80DDA3 #808BDD #DD80B9

square

#DDD280 #80DDA3 #808BDD #DD80B9

split-complementary

#DDD280 #80B9DD #A380DD

monochromatic

#B3A330 #D0C150 #DDD280 #EAE3B0 #F7F4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DDD280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD280

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD280	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfa6',
    500: '#ddd280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd280;
$custom-light: #e9dfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85473,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD280

secondary

#4D5AB4

accent

#34C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD280

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

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