#DDD85D#DDD85D

#DDD85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.144 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD85D
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -13.69, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 61.38, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0419 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.144 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3522, 65.2759, 19.9849)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD85D #5D62DD

analogous

#DD985D #DDD85D #A2DD5D

triadic

#DDD85D #5DDDD8 #D85DDD

tetradic

#DDD85D #5DDD98 #5D62DD #DD5DA2

square

#DDD85D #5DDD98 #5D62DD #DD5DA2

split-complementary

#DDD85D #5DA2DD #985DDD

monochromatic

#9E9921 #D1CA2C #DDD85D #E8E490 #F2F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DDD85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD85D

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD85D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.144 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38f',
    500: '#ddd85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd85d;
$custom-light: #eae38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86273,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD85D

secondary

#3C40A2

accent

#1FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD85D

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

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