#DDD640#DDD640

#DDD640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.163 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD640
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -14.39, 70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 72.03, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0468 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.163 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7929, 63.8374, 14.2851)
Luminance	0.6383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD640 #4047DD

analogous

#DD8740 #DDD640 #95DD40

triadic

#DDD640 #40DDD6 #D640DD

tetradic

#DDD640 #40DD87 #4047DD #DD4095

square

#DDD640 #40DD87 #4047DD #DD4095

split-complementary

#DDD640 #4095DD #8740DD

monochromatic

#8A8519 #BEB722 #DDD640 #E6E174 #EFECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DDD640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD640

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD640	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.163 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe27f',
    500: '#ddd640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd640;
$custom-light: #ebe27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8561,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD640

secondary

#313690

accent

#43ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD640

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

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