#DDD35E#DDD35E

#DDD35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD35E
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -11.11, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 58.99, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0344 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.138 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1353, 62.7707, 19.7992)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD35E #5E68DD

analogous

#DD945E #DDD35E #A7DD5E

triadic

#DDD35E #5EDDD3 #D35EDD

tetradic

#DDD35E #5EDD94 #5E68DD #DD5EA7

square

#DDD35E #5EDD94 #5E68DD #DD5EA7

split-complementary

#DDD35E #5EA7DD #945EDD

monochromatic

#9F9522 #D2C52C #DDD35E #E8E191 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DDD35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD35E

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD35E	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae090',
    500: '#ddd35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd35e;
$custom-light: #eae090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85239,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD35E

secondary

#3D45A2

accent

#27CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD35E

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

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