#DDD43B#DDD43B

#DDD43B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.164 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD43B
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -13.62, 71.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 73.04, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0451 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.164 106)
XYZ	xyz(54.1539, 62.7769, 13.4014)
Luminance	0.6278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD43B #3B44DD

analogous

#DD833B #DDD43B #95DD3B

triadic

#DDD43B #3BDDD4 #D43BDD

tetradic

#DDD43B #3BDD83 #3B44DD #DD3B95

square

#DDD43B #3BDD83 #3B44DD #DD3B95

split-complementary

#DDD43B #3B95DD #833BDD

monochromatic

#868017 #BAB220 #DDD43B #E6DF6F #EFEBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DDD43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD43B

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD43B	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.164 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece07c',
    500: '#ddd43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd43b;
$custom-light: #ece07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85158,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.62775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD43B

secondary

#30358C

accent

#45ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD43B

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

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