#DDD65D#DDD65D

#DDD65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD65D
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -12.69, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 60.59, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.039 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.142 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8429, 64.2574, 19.8151)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD65D #5D64DD

analogous

#DD965D #DDD65D #A4DD5D

triadic

#DDD65D #5DDDD6 #D65DDD

tetradic

#DDD65D #5DDD96 #5D64DD #DD5DA4

square

#DDD65D #5DDD96 #5D64DD #DD5DA4

split-complementary

#DDD65D #5DA4DD #965DDD

monochromatic

#9E9821 #D1C82C #DDD65D #E8E390 #F2F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DDD65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD65D

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD65D	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28f',
    500: '#ddd65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd65d;
$custom-light: #eae28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85855,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD65D

secondary

#3C42A2

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD65D

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

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