#DDD481#DDD481

#DDD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.105 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD481
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -8.54, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 42.96, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0235 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.105 103)
XYZ	xyz(57.3259, 64.0457, 30.1069)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD481 #818ADD

analogous

#DDA681 #DDD481 #B8DD81

triadic

#DDD481 #81DDD4 #D481DD

tetradic

#DDD481 #81DDA6 #818ADD #DD81B8

square

#DDD481 #81DDA6 #818ADD #DD81B8

split-complementary

#DDD481 #81B8DD #A681DD

monochromatic

#B3A630 #D0C451 #DDD481 #EAE4B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DDD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD481

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD481	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.105 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a7',
    500: '#ddd481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd481;
$custom-light: #e9e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85901,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.64044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD481

secondary

#4E58B4

accent

#31C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD481

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

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