#DDD73D#DDD73D

#DDD73D 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	#DDD73D
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -15.02, 71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 73.41, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0489 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.166 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9637, 64.3119, 13.9322)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD73D #3D43DD

analogous

#DD873D #DDD73D #93DD3D

triadic

#DDD73D #3DDDD7 #D73DDD

tetradic

#DDD73D #3DDD87 #3D43DD #DD3D93

square

#DDD73D #3DDD87 #3D43DD #DD3D93

split-complementary

#DDD73D #3D93DD #873DDD

monochromatic

#888418 #BCB621 #DDD73D #E6E271 #EFECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DDD73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD73D

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD73D	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	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)

#E9CF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.166 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37d',
    500: '#ddd73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd73d;
$custom-light: #ebe37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85802,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD73D

secondary

#30348E

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD73D

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

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