#DDD15B#DDD15B

#DDD15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD15B
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -10.32, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 59.55, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0325 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5095, 61.7304, 18.9393)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD15B #5B67DD

analogous

#DD905B #DDD15B #A8DD5B

triadic

#DDD15B #5BDDD1 #D15BDD

tetradic

#DDD15B #5BDD90 #5B67DD #DD5BA8

square

#DDD15B #5BDD90 #5B67DD #DD5BA8

split-complementary

#DDD15B #5BA8DD #905BDD

monochromatic

#9D9221 #D0C12B #DDD15B #E8DF8E #F2EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DDD15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD15B

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD15B	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8e',
    500: '#ddd15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd15b;
$custom-light: #eade8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84791,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD15B

secondary

#3B45A1

accent

#29CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD15B

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

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