#DDD577#DDD577

#DDD577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.117 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD577
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -10.04, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 48.24, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0287 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.117 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9442, 64.2942, 26.8596)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD577 #777FDD

analogous

#DDA277 #DDD577 #B2DD77

triadic

#DDD577 #77DDD5 #D577DD

tetradic

#DDD577 #77DDA2 #777FDD #DD77B2

square

#DDD577 #77DDA2 #777FDD #DD77B2

split-complementary

#DDD577 #77B2DD #A277DD

monochromatic

#AEA42C #D1C646 #DDD577 #E9E4A8 #F5F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DDD577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD577

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD577	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.117 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a0',
    500: '#ddd577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd577;
$custom-light: #e9e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85961,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD577

secondary

#4850B0

accent

#2BC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD577

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

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