#DDD33D#DDD33D

#DDD33D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.162 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD33D
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -13.03, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 72.04, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0433 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.162 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9576, 62.2996, 13.5968)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD33D #3D47DD

analogous

#DD833D #DDD33D #97DD3D

triadic

#DDD33D #3DDDD3 #D33DDD

tetradic

#DDD33D #3DDD83 #3D47DD #DD3D97

square

#DDD33D #3DDD83 #3D47DD #DD3D97

split-complementary

#DDD33D #3D97DD #833DDD

monochromatic

#888118 #BCB221 #DDD33D #E6DF71 #EFEBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DDD33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD33D

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD33D	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)

#E5CB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.162 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe07d',
    500: '#ddd33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd33d;
$custom-light: #ebe07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84961,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD33D

secondary

#30368E

accent

#46ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD33D

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

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