#DDD73C#DDD73C

#DDD73C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.166 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD73C
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -15.06, 72.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 73.74, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0491 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.166 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9370, 64.3012, 13.7916)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD73C #3C42DD

analogous

#DD863C #DDD73C #92DD3C

triadic

#DDD73C #3CDDD7 #D73CDD

tetradic

#DDD73C #3CDD86 #3C42DD #DD3C92

square

#DDD73C #3CDD86 #3C42DD #DD3C92

split-complementary

#DDD73C #3C92DD #863CDD

monochromatic

#878318 #BBB521 #DDD73C #E6E270 #EFECA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DDD73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD73C

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD73C	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)

#E9CF1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.166 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37d',
    500: '#ddd73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd73c;
$custom-light: #ebe37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.764,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD73C

secondary

#30348D

accent

#41ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD73C

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

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