#DDD740#DDD740

#DDD740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.164 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD740
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -14.89, 70.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 72.39, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0482 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.164 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0468, 64.3451, 14.3697)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD740 #4046DD

analogous

#DD8840 #DDD740 #94DD40

triadic

#DDD740 #40DDD7 #D740DD

tetradic

#DDD740 #40DD88 #4046DD #DD4094

square

#DDD740 #40DD88 #4046DD #DD4094

split-complementary

#DDD740 #4094DD #8840DD

monochromatic

#8A8619 #BEB822 #DDD740 #E6E274 #EFEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DDD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD740

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD740	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.164 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37f',
    500: '#ddd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd740;
$custom-light: #ebe37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.707,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85821,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD740

secondary

#313590

accent

#42ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD740

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

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