#DDD985#DDD985

#DDD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.106 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD985
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -10.65, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 43.16, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0293 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.106 106)
XYZ	xyz(58.8662, 66.6927, 31.9578)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD985 #8589DD

analogous

#DDAD85 #DDD985 #B5DD85

triadic

#DDD985 #85DDD9 #D985DD

tetradic

#DDD985 #85DDAD #8589DD #DD85B5

square

#DDD985 #85DDAD #8589DD #DD85B5

split-complementary

#DDD985 #85B5DD #AD85DD

monochromatic

#B5AF32 #D0CA55 #DDD985 #EAE8B5 #F8F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DDD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD985

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD985	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.106 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a9',
    500: '#ddd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd985;
$custom-light: #e9e4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86997,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.66691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD985

secondary

#5257B4

accent

#29C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD985

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

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