#DDD381#DDD381

#DDD381 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD381
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -8.03, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 42.54, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0221 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0767, 63.5473, 30.0238)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD381 #818BDD

analogous

#DDA581 #DDD381 #B9DD81

triadic

#DDD381 #81DDD3 #D381DD

tetradic

#DDD381 #81DDA5 #818BDD #DD81B9

square

#DDD381 #81DDA5 #818BDD #DD81B9

split-complementary

#DDD381 #81B9DD #A581DD

monochromatic

#B3A530 #D0C251 #DDD381 #EAE4B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DDD381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD381

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD381	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e0a7',
    500: '#ddd381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd381;
$custom-light: #e9e0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85695,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD381

secondary

#4E59B4

accent

#32C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD381

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

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