#DDD15A#DDD15A

#DDD15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD15A
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -10.39, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 59.99, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0328 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4666, 61.7132, 18.7137)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD15A #5A66DD

analogous

#DD8F5A #DDD15A #A7DD5A

triadic

#DDD15A #5ADDD1 #D15ADD

tetradic

#DDD15A #5ADD8F #5A66DD #DD5AA7

square

#DDD15A #5ADD8F #5A66DD #DD5AA7

split-complementary

#DDD15A #5AA7DD #8F5ADD

monochromatic

#9C9120 #CFC02B #DDD15A #E7DF8D #F2EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DDD15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD15A

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD15A	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8d',
    500: '#ddd15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd15a;
$custom-light: #eade8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84781,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD15A

secondary

#3B44A0

accent

#28CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD15A

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

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