#DDD43D#DDD43D

#DDD43D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.163 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD43D
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -13.53, 71.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 72.37, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0447 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.163 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2068, 62.7980, 13.6799)
Luminance	0.6280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD43D #3D46DD

analogous

#DD843D #DDD43D #96DD3D

triadic

#DDD43D #3DDDD4 #D43DDD

tetradic

#DDD43D #3DDD84 #3D46DD #DD3D96

square

#DDD43D #3DDD84 #3D46DD #DD3D96

split-complementary

#DDD43D #3D96DD #843DDD

monochromatic

#888118 #BCB321 #DDD43D #E6E071 #EFEBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DDD43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD43D

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD43D	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)

#E6CC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.163 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe07d',
    500: '#ddd43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd43d;
$custom-light: #ebe07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.625,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85171,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD43D

secondary

#30368E

accent

#45ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD43D

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

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