#DDD970#DDD970

#DDD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD970
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -12.68, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 53.24, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.037 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5577, 66.1693, 25.0661)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD970 #7074DD

analogous

#DDA270 #DDD970 #ABDD70

triadic

#DDD970 #70DDD9 #D970DD

tetradic

#DDD970 #70DDA2 #7074DD #DD70AB

square

#DDD970 #70DDA2 #7074DD #DD70AB

split-complementary

#DDD970 #70ABDD #A270DD

monochromatic

#AAA528 #D1CC3F #DDD970 #E9E6A1 #F5F3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DDD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD970

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD970	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae49b',
    500: '#ddd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd970;
$custom-light: #eae49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.867,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD970

secondary

#4548AD

accent

#23C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD970

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

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