#DDD86C#DDD86C

#DDD86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD86C
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -12.53, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 54.67, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.037 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0829, 65.5682, 23.8334)
Luminance	0.6557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD86C #6C71DD

analogous

#DDA06C #DDD86C #AADD6C

triadic

#DDD86C #6CDDD8 #D86CDD

tetradic

#DDD86C #6CDDA0 #6C71DD #DD6CAA

square

#DDD86C #6CDDA0 #6C71DD #DD6CAA

split-complementary

#DDD86C #6CAADD #A06CDD

monochromatic

#A8A227 #D2CB3A #DDD86C #E8E59E #F4F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DDD86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD86C

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD86C	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae399',
    500: '#ddd86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd86c;
$custom-light: #eae399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86441,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD86C

secondary

#4347AA

accent

#23CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD86C

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

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