#DDD63C#DDD63C

#DDD63C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.165 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD63C
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -14.57, 71.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 73.39, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0477 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.165 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6832, 63.7935, 13.7070)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD63C #3C43DD

analogous

#DD853C #DDD63C #94DD3C

triadic

#DDD63C #3CDDD6 #D63CDD

tetradic

#DDD63C #3CDD85 #3C43DD #DD3C94

square

#DDD63C #3CDD85 #3C43DD #DD3C94

split-complementary

#DDD63C #3C94DD #853CDD

monochromatic

#878218 #BBB421 #DDD63C #E6E170 #EFECA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DDD63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD63C

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD63C	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)

#E8CE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.165 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe27d',
    500: '#ddd63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd63c;
$custom-light: #ebe27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85585,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD63C

secondary

#30348D

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD63C

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

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