#DDD45B#DDD45B

#DDD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD45B
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -11.83, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 60.68, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0368 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.2525, 63.2163, 19.1870)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD45B #5B64DD

analogous

#DD935B #DDD45B #A5DD5B

triadic

#DDD45B #5BDDD4 #D45BDD

tetradic

#DDD45B #5BDD93 #5B64DD #DD5BA5

square

#DDD45B #5BDD93 #5B64DD #DD5BA5

split-complementary

#DDD45B #5BA5DD #935BDD

monochromatic

#9D9421 #D0C42B #DDD45B #E8E18E #F2EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DDD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD45B

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD45B	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#ddd45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd45b;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85416,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD45B

secondary

#3B43A1

accent

#25CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD45B

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

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