#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
RGBrgb(221, 215, 61)
HSLhsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSVhsv(58, 72%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.13, -15.02, 71.85)
CIE-LCHlch(84.13, 73.41, 101.81°)
OKLaboklab(85.8% -0.0489 0.1584)
OKLCHoklch(85.8% 0.166 107.2)
XYZxyz(54.9637, 64.3119, 13.9322)
Luminance0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDD73D1.001.5113.8613.86
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8621.001.001.00
##00000013.8621.001.001.00

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

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#DDD73D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva