#DDD04E#DDD04E

#DDD04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.148 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD04E
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -10.65, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 64.65, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0349 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.148 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7519, 61.0360, 16.1560)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD04E #4E5BDD

analogous

#DD884E #DDD04E #A3DD4E

triadic

#DDD04E #4EDDD0 #D04EDD

tetradic

#DDD04E #4EDD88 #4E5BDD #DD4EA3

square

#DDD04E #4EDD88 #4E5BDD #DD4EA3

split-complementary

#DDD04E #4EA3DD #884EDD

monochromatic

#94891C #C7B926 #DDD04E #E7DE81 #F1EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DDD04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD04E

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD04E	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde86',
    500: '#ddd04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd04e;
$custom-light: #ebde86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8446,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD04E

secondary

#363F99

accent

#4DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD04E

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

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