#DDD290#DDD290

#DDD290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.086 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD290
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 34.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -5.86, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 34.63, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0147 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.086 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9002, 63.4804, 35.5831)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD290 #909BDD

analogous

#DDAC90 #DDD290 #C2DD90

triadic

#DDD290 #90DDD2 #D290DD

tetradic

#DDD290 #90DDAC #909BDD #DD90C2

square

#DDD290 #90DDAC #909BDD #DD90C2

split-complementary

#DDD290 #90C2DD #AC90DD

monochromatic

#BAA739 #CFBF61 #DDD290 #EBE5BF #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DDD290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD290

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD290	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.086 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb1',
    500: '#ddd290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd290;
$custom-light: #e8dfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8574,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD290

secondary

#5D69B5

accent

#3BC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD290

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

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