#DDD45E#DDD45E

#DDD45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.139 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD45E
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -11.62, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 59.38, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0358 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.139 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3845, 63.2691, 19.8822)
Luminance	0.6327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD45E #5E67DD

analogous

#DD955E #DDD45E #A7DD5E

triadic

#DDD45E #5EDDD4 #D45EDD

tetradic

#DDD45E #5EDD95 #5E67DD #DD5EA7

square

#DDD45E #5EDD95 #5E67DD #DD5EA7

split-complementary

#DDD45E #5EA7DD #955EDD

monochromatic

#9F9622 #D2C62C #DDD45E #E8E191 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DDD45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD45E

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD45E	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)

#E5CD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.139 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae190',
    500: '#ddd45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd45e;
$custom-light: #eae190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85447,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD45E

secondary

#3D44A2

accent

#25CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD45E

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

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