#DDD460#DDD460

#DDD460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD460
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -11.47, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 58.50, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0352 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4754, 63.3055, 20.3610)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD460 #6069DD

analogous

#DD9660 #DDD460 #A8DD60

triadic

#DDD460 #60DDD4 #D460DD

tetradic

#DDD460 #60DD96 #6069DD #DD60A8

square

#DDD460 #60DD96 #6069DD #DD60A8

split-complementary

#DDD460 #60A8DD #9660DD

monochromatic

#A09722 #D2C62E #DDD460 #E8E292 #F3EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DDD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD460

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD460	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae191',
    500: '#ddd460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd460;
$custom-light: #eae191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85468,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD460

secondary

#3E45A4

accent

#26CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD460

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

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