#DDD587#DDD587

#DDD587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.099 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD587
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -8.41, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 40.42, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0227 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.099 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9872, 64.7114, 32.3529)
Luminance	0.6471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD587 #878FDD

analogous

#DDAA87 #DDD587 #BADD87

triadic

#DDD587 #87DDD5 #D587DD

tetradic

#DDD587 #87DDAA #878FDD #DD87BA

square

#DDD587 #87DDAA #878FDD #DD87BA

split-complementary

#DDD587 #87BADD #AA87DD

monochromatic

#B6AA34 #CFC457 #DDD587 #EBE6B7 #F8F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DDD587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD587

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD587	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.099 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1ab',
    500: '#ddd587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd587;
$custom-light: #e9e1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86202,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD587

secondary

#545DB4

accent

#31C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD587

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

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