#DDD23A#DDD23A

#DDD23A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.163 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD23A
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -12.66, 71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 72.71, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0425 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.163 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6314, 61.7729, 13.1005)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD23A #3A45DD

analogous

#DD813A #DDD23A #97DD3A

triadic

#DDD23A #3ADDD2 #D23ADD

tetradic

#DDD23A #3ADD81 #3A45DD #DD3A97

square

#DDD23A #3ADD81 #3A45DD #DD3A97

split-complementary

#DDD23A #3A97DD #813ADD

monochromatic

#867E17 #BAAF20 #DDD23A #E6DE6E #EFEAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DDD23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD23A

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD23A	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)

#E5CA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.163 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdf7b',
    500: '#ddd23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd23a;
$custom-light: #ecdf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.951,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84732,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD23A

secondary

#2F368C

accent

#47ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD23A

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

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