#DDD581#DDD581

#DDD581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.106 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD581
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -9.05, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 43.38, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.025 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.106 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5766, 64.5472, 30.1905)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD581 #8189DD

analogous

#DDA781 #DDD581 #B7DD81

triadic

#DDD581 #81DDD5 #D581DD

tetradic

#DDD581 #81DDA7 #8189DD #DD81B7

square

#DDD581 #81DDA7 #8189DD #DD81B7

split-complementary

#DDD581 #81B7DD #A781DD

monochromatic

#B3A830 #D0C551 #DDD581 #EAE5B1 #F7F5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DDD581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD581

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD581	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.106 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a7',
    500: '#ddd581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd581;
$custom-light: #e9e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86107,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD581

secondary

#4E57B4

accent

#2FC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD581

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

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