#DDD249#DDD249

#DDD249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD249
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -11.94, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 67.33, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.039 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0701, 61.9484, 15.4111)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD249 #4954DD

analogous

#DD8849 #DDD249 #9EDD49

triadic

#DDD249 #49DDD2 #D249DD

tetradic

#DDD249 #49DD88 #4954DD #DD499E

square

#DDD249 #49DD88 #4954DD #DD499E

split-complementary

#DDD249 #499EDD #8849DD

monochromatic

#91881B #C4B825 #DDD249 #E7DF7D #F0ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DDD249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD249

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD249	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf83',
    500: '#ddd249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd249;
$custom-light: #ebdf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84837,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD249

secondary

#353C96

accent

#49EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD249

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

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