#DDD63B#DDD63B

#DDD63B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.166 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD63B
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -14.61, 72.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 73.72, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0479 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.166 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6570, 63.7830, 13.5691)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD63B #3B42DD

analogous

#DD853B #DDD63B #93DD3B

triadic

#DDD63B #3BDDD6 #D63BDD

tetradic

#DDD63B #3BDD85 #3B42DD #DD3B93

square

#DDD63B #3BDD85 #3B42DD #DD3B93

split-complementary

#DDD63B #3B93DD #853BDD

monochromatic

#868217 #BAB420 #DDD63B #E6E16F #EFECA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DDD63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD63B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD63B	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.166 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece27c',
    500: '#ddd63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd63b;
$custom-light: #ece27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.407,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85579,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD63B

secondary

#30348C

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD63B

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

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