#DDD853#DDD853

#DDD853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.152 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD853
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -14.35, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 65.57, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0448 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.152 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9379, 65.1102, 17.8029)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD853 #5358DD

analogous

#DD9353 #DDD853 #9DDD53

triadic

#DDD853 #53DDD8 #D853DD

tetradic

#DDD853 #53DD93 #5358DD #DD539D

square

#DDD853 #53DD93 #5358DD #DD539D

split-complementary

#DDD853 #539DDD #9353DD

monochromatic

#98931E #CBC528 #DDD853 #E7E486 #F1EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DDD853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD853

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD853	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.152 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe389',
    500: '#ddd853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd853;
$custom-light: #ebe389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86178,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD853

secondary

#383C9C

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD853

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

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