#DDD44B#DDD44B

#DDD44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.154 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD44B
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -12.83, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 67.27, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0413 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.154 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6343, 62.9691, 15.9316)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD44B #4B54DD

analogous

#DD8B4B #DDD44B #9DDD4B

triadic

#DDD44B #4BDDD4 #D44BDD

tetradic

#DDD44B #4BDD8B #4B54DD #DD4B9D

square

#DDD44B #4BDD8B #4B54DD #DD4B9D

split-complementary

#DDD44B #4B9DDD #8B4BDD

monochromatic

#928B1C #C5BC25 #DDD44B #E7E07E #F0EDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DDD44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD44B

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD44B	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.154 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe084',
    500: '#ddd44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd44b;
$custom-light: #ebe084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85271,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD44B

secondary

#353B97

accent

#47EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD44B

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

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