#DDD87E#DDD87E

#DDD87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.112 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD87E
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -10.87, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 46.14, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0305 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.112 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1417, 65.9917, 29.4095)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD87E #7E83DD

analogous

#DDA87E #DDD87E #B2DD7E

triadic

#DDD87E #7EDDD8 #D87EDD

tetradic

#DDD87E #7EDDA8 #7E83DD #DD7EB2

square

#DDD87E #7EDDA8 #7E83DD #DD7EB2

split-complementary

#DDD87E #7EB2DD #A87EDD

monochromatic

#B2AB2F #D0C94E #DDD87E #EAE7AE #F7F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DDD87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD87E

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD87E	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.112 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3a5',
    500: '#ddd87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd87e;
$custom-light: #e9e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86683,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD87E

secondary

#4C51B4

accent

#28C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD87E

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

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