#DDD489#DDD489

#DDD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.096 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD489
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 38%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -7.68, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 38.99, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0204 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.096 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8786, 64.2668, 33.0179)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD489 #8992DD

analogous

#DDAA89 #DDD489 #BCDD89

triadic

#DDD489 #89DDD4 #D489DD

tetradic

#DDD489 #89DDAA #8992DD #DD89BC

square

#DDD489 #89DDAA #8992DD #DD89BC

split-complementary

#DDD489 #89BCDD #AA89DD

monochromatic

#B7A935 #CFC359 #DDD489 #EBE5B9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DDD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD489

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD489	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.096 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1ac',
    500: '#ddd489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd489;
$custom-light: #e9e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86029,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD489

secondary

#5660B4

accent

#34C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD489

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

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