#DDD960#DDD960

#DDD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD960
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -13.97, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 60.47, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0423 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.143 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7447, 65.8441, 20.7841)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD960 #6064DD

analogous

#DD9B60 #DDD960 #A3DD60

triadic

#DDD960 #60DDD9 #D960DD

tetradic

#DDD960 #60DD9B #6064DD #DD60A3

square

#DDD960 #60DD9B #6064DD #DD60A3

split-complementary

#DDD960 #60A3DD #9B60DD

monochromatic

#A09C22 #D2CD2E #DDD960 #E8E592 #F3F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DDD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD960

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD960	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae491',
    500: '#ddd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd960;
$custom-light: #eae491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86514,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD960

secondary

#3E41A4

accent

#1FCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD960

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

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