#DDD33B#DDD33B

#DDD33B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.163 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD33B
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -13.12, 71.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 72.71, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0437 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.163 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9047, 62.2785, 13.3183)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD33B #3B45DD

analogous

#DD823B #DDD33B #96DD3B

triadic

#DDD33B #3BDDD3 #D33BDD

tetradic

#DDD33B #3BDD82 #3B45DD #DD3B96

square

#DDD33B #3BDD82 #3B45DD #DD3B96

split-complementary

#DDD33B #3B96DD #823BDD

monochromatic

#867F17 #BAB120 #DDD33B #E6DF6F #EFEAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DDD33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD33B

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD33B	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.163 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece07c',
    500: '#ddd33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd33b;
$custom-light: #ece07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84948,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD33B

secondary

#30358C

accent

#46ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD33B

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

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