#DDD487#DDD487

#DDD487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.098 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD487
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -7.90, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 39.99, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0212 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.098 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7364, 64.2099, 32.2693)
Luminance	0.6421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD487 #8790DD

analogous

#DDA987 #DDD487 #BBDD87

triadic

#DDD487 #87DDD4 #D487DD

tetradic

#DDD487 #87DDA9 #8790DD #DD87BB

square

#DDD487 #87DDA9 #8790DD #DD87BB

split-complementary

#DDD487 #87BBDD #A987DD

monochromatic

#B6A834 #CFC357 #DDD487 #EBE5B7 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DDD487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD487

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD487	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.098 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1ab',
    500: '#ddd487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd487;
$custom-light: #e9e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85996,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD487

secondary

#545EB4

accent

#33C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD487

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

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