#DDD73A#DDD73A

#DDD73A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.167 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD73A
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -15.15, 72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 74.39, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0495 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.167 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8851, 64.2804, 13.5184)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD73A #3A40DD

analogous

#DD853A #DDD73A #92DD3A

triadic

#DDD73A #3ADDD7 #D73ADD

tetradic

#DDD73A #3ADD85 #3A40DD #DD3A92

square

#DDD73A #3ADD85 #3A40DD #DD3A92

split-complementary

#DDD73A #3A92DD #853ADD

monochromatic

#868117 #BAB420 #DDD73A #E6E26E #EFECA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DDD73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD73A

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD73A	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.167 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece37c',
    500: '#ddd73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd73a;
$custom-light: #ece37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.791,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85784,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD73A

secondary

#2F338C

accent

#41ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD73A

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

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