#DDD36D#DDD36D

#DDD36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.125 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD36D
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -9.93, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 52.17, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0294 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.125 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8749, 63.0666, 23.6948)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD36D #6D77DD

analogous

#DD9B6D #DDD36D #AFDD6D

triadic

#DDD36D #6DDDD3 #D36DDD

tetradic

#DDD36D #6DDD9B #6D77DD #DD6DAF

square

#DDD36D #6DDD9B #6D77DD #DD6DAF

split-complementary

#DDD36D #6DAFDD #9B6DDD

monochromatic

#A89D27 #D1C43B #DDD36D #E9E29F #F4F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#DDD36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD36D

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD36D	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.125 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae099',
    500: '#ddd36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd36d;
$custom-light: #eae099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85413,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD36D

secondary

#434CAB

accent

#2BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD36D

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

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