#DDD371#DDD371

#DDD371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.121 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD371
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -9.58, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 50.28, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.028 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.121 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0952, 63.1547, 24.8548)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD371 #717BDD

analogous

#DD9D71 #DDD371 #B1DD71

triadic

#DDD371 #71DDD3 #D371DD

tetradic

#DDD371 #71DD9D #717BDD #DD71B1

square

#DDD371 #71DD9D #717BDD #DD71B1

split-complementary

#DDD371 #71B1DD #9D71DD

monochromatic

#AB9F29 #D1C440 #DDD371 #E9E2A2 #F5F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DDD371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD371

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD371	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.121 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09c',
    500: '#ddd371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd371;
$custom-light: #e9e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85465,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD371

secondary

#454FAD

accent

#2CC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD371

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

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