#DDDC7D#DDDC7D

#DDDC7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.118 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC7D
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -12.97, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 48.39, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0366 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.118 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1148, 68.0406, 29.4172)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC7D #7D7EDD

analogous

#DDAC7D #DDDC7D #AEDD7D

triadic

#DDDC7D #7DDDDC #DC7DDD

tetradic

#DDDC7D #7DDDAC #7D7EDD #DD7DAE

square

#DDDC7D #7DDDAC #7D7EDD #DD7DAE

split-complementary

#DDDC7D #7DAEDD #AC7DDD

monochromatic

#B1B02E #D0CF4C #DDDC7D #EAE9AE #F6F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DDDC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC7D

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC7D	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.118 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6a4',
    500: '#dddc7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc7d;
$custom-light: #e9e6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87501,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC7D

secondary

#4B4CB3

accent

#21C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC7D

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

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