#DDD971#DDD971

#DDD971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.127 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD971
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 48.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -12.60, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 52.77, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0366 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.127 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6137, 66.1917, 25.3609)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD971 #7175DD

analogous

#DDA371 #DDD971 #ABDD71

triadic

#DDD971 #71DDD9 #D971DD

tetradic

#DDD971 #71DDA3 #7175DD #DD71AB

square

#DDD971 #71DDA3 #7175DD #DD71AB

split-complementary

#DDD971 #71ABDD #A371DD

monochromatic

#ABA629 #D1CC40 #DDD971 #E9E6A2 #F5F3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DDD971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD971

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD971	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.127 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e49c',
    500: '#ddd971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd971;
$custom-light: #e9e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86712,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD971

secondary

#4549AD

accent

#23C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD971

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

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