#DDD863#DDD863

#DDD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.139 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD863
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -13.25, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 58.75, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.04 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.139 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6284, 65.3864, 21.4398)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD863 #6368DD

analogous

#DD9B63 #DDD863 #A5DD63

triadic

#DDD863 #63DDD8 #D863DD

tetradic

#DDD863 #63DD9B #6368DD #DD63A5

square

#DDD863 #63DD9B #6368DD #DD63A5

split-complementary

#DDD863 #63A5DD #9B63DD

monochromatic

#A29D23 #D2CB31 #DDD863 #E8E595 #F3F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DDD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD863

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD863	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.139 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae393',
    500: '#ddd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd863;
$custom-light: #eae393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86337,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD863

secondary

#3F43A5

accent

#21CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD863

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

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