#DDD74A#DDD74A

#DDD74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.158 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD74A
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -14.38, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 68.74, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0458 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.158 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3573, 64.4693, 16.0051)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD74A #4A50DD

analogous

#DD8D4A #DDD74A #99DD4A

triadic

#DDD74A #4ADDD7 #D74ADD

tetradic

#DDD74A #4ADD8D #4A50DD #DD4A99

square

#DDD74A #4ADD8D #4A50DD #DD4A99

split-complementary

#DDD74A #4A99DD #8D4ADD

monochromatic

#918C1B #C5BE25 #DDD74A #E7E27E #F0EEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DDD74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD74A

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD74A	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.158 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe384',
    500: '#ddd74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd74a;
$custom-light: #ebe384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85893,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD74A

secondary

#353996

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD74A

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

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