#DDD45D#DDD45D

#DDD45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD45D
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -11.69, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 59.82, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0362 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.3399, 63.2513, 19.6474)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD45D #5D66DD

analogous

#DD945D #DDD45D #A6DD5D

triadic

#DDD45D #5DDDD4 #D45DDD

tetradic

#DDD45D #5DDD94 #5D66DD #DD5DA6

square

#DDD45D #5DDD94 #5D66DD #DD5DA6

split-complementary

#DDD45D #5DA6DD #945DDD

monochromatic

#9E9621 #D1C52C #DDD45D #E8E190 #F2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DDD45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD45D

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD45D	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18f',
    500: '#ddd45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd45d;
$custom-light: #eae18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85437,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD45D

secondary

#3C43A2

accent

#25CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD45D

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

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