#DDD472#DDD472

#DDD472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD472
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -9.99, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 50.22, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0291 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(56.4010, 63.6757, 25.2360)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD472 #727BDD

analogous

#DD9E72 #DDD472 #B0DD72

triadic

#DDD472 #72DDD4 #D472DD

tetradic

#DDD472 #72DD9E #727BDD #DD72B0

square

#DDD472 #72DD9E #727BDD #DD72B0

split-complementary

#DDD472 #72B0DD #9E72DD

monochromatic

#ABA029 #D1C541 #DDD472 #E9E3A3 #F5F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DDD472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD472

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD472	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e19d',
    500: '#ddd472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd472;
$custom-light: #e9e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85685,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.63674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD472

secondary

#464EAE

accent

#2BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD472

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

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