#DDD049#DDD049

#DDD049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.152 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD049
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -10.93, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 66.63, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0362 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.152 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5794, 60.9670, 15.2476)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD049 #4956DD

analogous

#DD8649 #DDD049 #A0DD49

triadic

#DDD049 #49DDD0 #D049DD

tetradic

#DDD049 #49DD86 #4956DD #DD49A0

square

#DDD049 #49DD86 #4956DD #DD49A0

split-complementary

#DDD049 #49A0DD #8649DD

monochromatic

#91861B #C4B625 #DDD049 #E7DD7D #F0EBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#DDD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD049

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD049	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.152 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde83',
    500: '#ddd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd049;
$custom-light: #ebde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.73,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84419,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD049

secondary

#353D96

accent

#4CEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD049

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

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