#DDD234#DDD234

#DDD234 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.166 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD234
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -12.90, 73.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 74.61, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0437 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.166 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4875, 61.7154, 12.3430)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD234 #343FDD

analogous

#DD7D34 #DDD234 #93DD34

triadic

#DDD234 #34DDD2 #D234DD

tetradic

#DDD234 #34DD7D #343FDD #DD3493

square

#DDD234 #34DD7D #343FDD #DD3493

split-complementary

#DDD234 #3493DD #7D34DD

monochromatic

#817A16 #B5AC1E #DDD234 #E6DE68 #EFE99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DDD234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD234

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD234	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)

#E5CA08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.166 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdf78',
    500: '#ddd234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd234;
$custom-light: #ecdf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.095,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84698,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD234

secondary

#2D3388

accent

#45EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD234

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

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