#DDD53D#DDD53D

#DDD53D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.164 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDD53D
RGBrgb(221, 213, 61)
HSLhsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSVhsv(57, 72%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(83.60, -14.03, 71.35)
CIE-LCHlch(83.60, 72.72, 101.12°)
OKLaboklab(85.38% -0.0461 0.1573)
OKLCHoklch(85.38% 0.164 106.3)
XYZxyz(54.4575, 63.2995, 13.7634)
Luminance0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDD53D #3D45DD
analogous
#DD853D #DDD53D #95DD3D
triadic
#DDD53D #3DDDD5 #D53DDD
tetradic
#DDD53D #3DDD85 #3D45DD #DD3D95
square
#DDD53D #3DDD85 #3D45DD #DD3D95
split-complementary
#DDD53D #3D95DD #853DDD
monochromatic
#888218 #BCB421 #DDD53D #E6E071 #EFECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54
#DDD53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66
#DDD53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD53D
13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDD53D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDD53D1.001.5413.6613.66
#FFFFFF1.541.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6621.001.001.00
##00000013.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CD20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDC7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddd53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.164 106.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe17d',
    500: '#ddd53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddd53d;
$custom-light: #ebe17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddd53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85381,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDD53D
secondary
#30358E
accent
#44ED3B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFCF2
border
#D6D5CC
text
#17150A
muted
#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD53D

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

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#DDD53D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva