#DDD14E#DDD14E

#DDD14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD14E
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -11.15, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 65.01, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0363 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9965, 61.5252, 16.2375)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD14E #4E5ADD

analogous

#DD894E #DDD14E #A1DD4E

triadic

#DDD14E #4EDDD1 #D14EDD

tetradic

#DDD14E #4EDD89 #4E5ADD #DD4EA1

square

#DDD14E #4EDD89 #4E5ADD #DD4EA1

split-complementary

#DDD14E #4EA1DD #894EDD

monochromatic

#948A1C #C7BA26 #DDD14E #E7DE81 #F1ECB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDD14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DDD14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD14E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD14E	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde86',
    500: '#ddd14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd14e;
$custom-light: #ebde86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84669,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD14E

secondary

#363F99

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD14E

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

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