#DDD04F#DDD04F

#DDD04F 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	#DDD04F
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -10.59, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 64.25, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0346 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.148 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7880, 61.0505, 16.3463)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD04F #4F5CDD

analogous

#DD894F #DDD04F #A3DD4F

triadic

#DDD04F #4FDDD0 #D04FDD

tetradic

#DDD04F #4FDD89 #4F5CDD #DD4FA3

square

#DDD04F #4FDD89 #4F5CDD #DD4FA3

split-complementary

#DDD04F #4FA3DD #894FDD

monochromatic

#958A1D #C8B927 #DDD04F #E7DE82 #F1EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DDD04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD04F

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD04F	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)

#E2C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde86',
    500: '#ddd04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd04f;
$custom-light: #ebde86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD04F

secondary

#374099

accent

#4DEA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD04F

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

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