#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
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -14.03, 71.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 72.72, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0461 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.164 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4575, 63.2995, 13.7634)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DDD53D	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)

#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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