#DDD772#DDD772

#DDD772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.124 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD772
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -11.50, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 51.46, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0334 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.124 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1579, 65.1895, 25.4883)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD772 #7278DD

analogous

#DDA272 #DDD772 #ADDD72

triadic

#DDD772 #72DDD7 #D772DD

tetradic

#DDD772 #72DDA2 #7278DD #DD72AD

square

#DDD772 #72DDA2 #7278DD #DD72AD

split-complementary

#DDD772 #72ADDD #A272DD

monochromatic

#ABA429 #D1C941 #DDD772 #E9E5A3 #F5F3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DDD772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD772

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD772	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.124 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39d',
    500: '#ddd772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd772;
$custom-light: #e9e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86308,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD772

secondary

#464BAE

accent

#26C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD772

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

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