#DDD74E#DDD74E

#DDD74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.155 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD74E
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -14.16, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 67.20, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0448 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.155 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4964, 64.5249, 16.7375)
Luminance	0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD74E #4E54DD

analogous

#DD8F4E #DDD74E #9BDD4E

triadic

#DDD74E #4EDDD7 #D74EDD

tetradic

#DDD74E #4EDD8F #4E54DD #DD4E9B

square

#DDD74E #4EDD8F #4E54DD #DD4E9B

split-complementary

#DDD74E #4E9BDD #8F4EDD

monochromatic

#948F1C #C7C126 #DDD74E #E7E381 #F1EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DDD74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD74E

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD74E	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)

#E8CF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.155 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe386',
    500: '#ddd74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd74e;
$custom-light: #ebe386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85925,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD74E

secondary

#363B99

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD74E

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

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