#DDD372#DDD372

#DDD372 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD372
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -9.49, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 49.81, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0276 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1518, 63.1773, 25.1529)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD372 #727CDD

analogous

#DD9E72 #DDD372 #B1DD72

triadic

#DDD372 #72DDD3 #D372DD

tetradic

#DDD372 #72DD9E #727CDD #DD72B1

square

#DDD372 #72DD9E #727CDD #DD72B1

split-complementary

#DDD372 #72B1DD #9E72DD

monochromatic

#AB9F29 #D1C441 #DDD372 #E9E2A3 #F5F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DDD372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD372

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD372	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e09d',
    500: '#ddd372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd372;
$custom-light: #e9e09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85478,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD372

secondary

#464FAE

accent

#2DC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD372

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

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