#DDD85C#DDD85C

#DDD85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.145 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD85C
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -13.76, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 61.81, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0422 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.145 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3082, 65.2583, 19.7531)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD85C #5C61DD

analogous

#DD985C #DDD85C #A2DD5C

triadic

#DDD85C #5CDDD8 #D85CDD

tetradic

#DDD85C #5CDD98 #5C61DD #DD5CA2

square

#DDD85C #5CDD98 #5C61DD #DD5CA2

split-complementary

#DDD85C #5CA2DD #985CDD

monochromatic

#9E9921 #D0CA2B #DDD85C #E8E48F #F2F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DDD85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD85C

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD85C	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.145 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38f',
    500: '#ddd85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd85c;
$custom-light: #eae38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86263,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD85C

secondary

#3C40A1

accent

#1FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD85C

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

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