#DDD540#DDD540

#DDD540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.162 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD540
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -13.89, 70.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 71.69, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0454 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.162 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5406, 63.3328, 14.2010)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD540 #4048DD

analogous

#DD8640 #DDD540 #96DD40

triadic

#DDD540 #40DDD5 #D540DD

tetradic

#DDD540 #40DD86 #4048DD #DD4096

square

#DDD540 #40DD86 #4048DD #DD4096

split-complementary

#DDD540 #4096DD #8640DD

monochromatic

#8A8419 #BEB622 #DDD540 #E6E074 #EFECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DDD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD540

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD540	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.162 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe17e',
    500: '#ddd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd540;
$custom-light: #ebe17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.943,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.854,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD540

secondary

#313690

accent

#44ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD540

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

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