#DDD86E#DDD86E

#DDD86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.129 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD86E
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -12.36, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 53.75, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0363 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.129 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1906, 65.6113, 24.4004)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD86E #6E73DD

analogous

#DDA06E #DDD86E #ABDD6E

triadic

#DDD86E #6EDDD8 #D86EDD

tetradic

#DDD86E #6EDDA0 #6E73DD #DD6EAB

square

#DDD86E #6EDDA0 #6E73DD #DD6EAB

split-complementary

#DDD86E #6EABDD #A06EDD

monochromatic

#A9A328 #D1CB3C #DDD86E #E9E5A0 #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DDD86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD86E

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD86E	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.129 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae39a',
    500: '#ddd86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd86e;
$custom-light: #eae39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86466,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD86E

secondary

#4448AC

accent

#24CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD86E

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

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