#DDD74B#DDD74B

#DDD74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.157 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD74B
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -14.33, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 68.36, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0456 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.157 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3912, 64.4829, 16.1839)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD74B #4B51DD

analogous

#DD8E4B #DDD74B #9ADD4B

triadic

#DDD74B #4BDDD7 #D74BDD

tetradic

#DDD74B #4BDD8E #4B51DD #DD4B9A

square

#DDD74B #4BDD8E #4B51DD #DD4B9A

split-complementary

#DDD74B #4B9ADD #8E4BDD

monochromatic

#928D1C #C5BF25 #DDD74B #E7E27E #F0EEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DDD74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD74B

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD74B	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.157 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe385',
    500: '#ddd74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd74b;
$custom-light: #ebe385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85901,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD74B

secondary

#353997

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD74B

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

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