#DDD874#DDD874

#DDD874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.123 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD874
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -11.83, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 50.94, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0341 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.123 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5284, 65.7464, 26.1795)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD874 #7479DD

analogous

#DDA374 #DDD874 #ADDD74

triadic

#DDD874 #74DDD8 #D874DD

tetradic

#DDD874 #74DDA3 #7479DD #DD74AD

square

#DDD874 #74DDA3 #7479DD #DD74AD

split-complementary

#DDD874 #74ADDD #A374DD

monochromatic

#ACA62A #D1CA43 #DDD874 #E9E6A5 #F5F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DDD874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD874

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD874	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.123 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e39e',
    500: '#ddd874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd874;
$custom-light: #e9e39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86543,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD874

secondary

#474BAF

accent

#25C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD874

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

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