#DDD969#DDD969

#DDD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD969
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -13.27, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 56.46, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0394 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.1830, 66.0194, 23.0927)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD969 #696DDD

analogous

#DD9F69 #DDD969 #A7DD69

triadic

#DDD969 #69DDD9 #D969DD

tetradic

#DDD969 #69DD9F #696DDD #DD69A7

square

#DDD969 #69DD9F #696DDD #DD69A7

split-complementary

#DDD969 #69A7DD #9F69DD

monochromatic

#A6A226 #D2CC37 #DDD969 #E8E69B #F4F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DDD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD969

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD969	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)

#E9D25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae497',
    500: '#ddd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd969;
$custom-light: #eae497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86614,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD969

secondary

#4145A9

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD969

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

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