#DDD965#DDD965

#DDD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD965
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -13.59, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 58.26, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0407 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9822, 65.9391, 22.0353)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD965 #6569DD

analogous

#DD9D65 #DDD965 #A5DD65

triadic

#DDD965 #65DDD9 #D965DD

tetradic

#DDD965 #65DD9D #6569DD #DD65A5

square

#DDD965 #65DD9D #6569DD #DD65A5

split-complementary

#DDD965 #65A5DD #9D65DD

monochromatic

#A49F24 #D2CD33 #DDD965 #E8E597 #F3F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DDD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD965

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD965	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae494',
    500: '#ddd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd965;
$custom-light: #eae494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86568,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD965

secondary

#4043A7

accent

#20CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD965

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

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