#DDD54E#DDD54E

#DDD54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.153 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD54E
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -13.16, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 66.46, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.042 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.153 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9902, 63.5126, 16.5688)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD54E #4E56DD

analogous

#DD8D4E #DDD54E #9DDD4E

triadic

#DDD54E #4EDDD5 #D54EDD

tetradic

#DDD54E #4EDD8D #4E56DD #DD4E9D

square

#DDD54E #4EDD8D #4E56DD #DD4E9D

split-complementary

#DDD54E #4E9DDD #8D4EDD

monochromatic

#948D1C #C7BE26 #DDD54E #E7E181 #F1EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DDD54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD54E

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD54E	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.153 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe186',
    500: '#ddd54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd54e;
$custom-light: #ebe186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85505,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD54E

secondary

#363C99

accent

#47EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD54E

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

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