#DDD36E#DDD36E

#DDD36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.124 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD36E
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -9.84, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 51.70, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0291 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.124 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9291, 63.0882, 23.9799)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD36E #6E78DD

analogous

#DD9C6E #DDD36E #AFDD6E

triadic

#DDD36E #6EDDD3 #D36EDD

tetradic

#DDD36E #6EDD9C #6E78DD #DD6EAF

square

#DDD36E #6EDD9C #6E78DD #DD6EAF

split-complementary

#DDD36E #6EAFDD #9C6EDD

monochromatic

#A99D28 #D1C43C #DDD36E #E9E2A0 #F4F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DDD36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD36E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD36E	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.124 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae09a',
    500: '#ddd36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd36e;
$custom-light: #eae09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85425,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD36E

secondary

#444DAC

accent

#2BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD36E

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

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