#DDD53B#DDD53B

#DDD53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.165 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD53B
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -14.11, 72.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 73.38, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0465 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.165 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4047, 63.2784, 13.4850)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD53B #3B43DD

analogous

#DD843B #DDD53B #94DD3B

triadic

#DDD53B #3BDDD5 #D53BDD

tetradic

#DDD53B #3BDD84 #3B43DD #DD3B94

square

#DDD53B #3BDD84 #3B43DD #DD3B94

split-complementary

#DDD53B #3B94DD #843BDD

monochromatic

#868117 #BAB320 #DDD53B #E6E06F #EFEBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DDD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD53B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD53B	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.165 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece17c',
    500: '#ddd53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd53b;
$custom-light: #ece17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85368,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD53B

secondary

#30348C

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD53B

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

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