#DDD74F#DDD74F

#DDD74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.154 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD74F
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -14.10, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 66.80, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0445 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.154 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5325, 64.5394, 16.9277)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD74F #4F55DD

analogous

#DD904F #DDD74F #9CDD4F

triadic

#DDD74F #4FDDD7 #D74FDD

tetradic

#DDD74F #4FDD90 #4F55DD #DD4F9C

square

#DDD74F #4FDD90 #4F55DD #DD4F9C

split-complementary

#DDD74F #4F9CDD #904FDD

monochromatic

#95901D #C8C127 #DDD74F #E7E382 #F1EEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DDD74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD74F

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD74F	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.154 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe387',
    500: '#ddd74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd74f;
$custom-light: #ebe387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85933,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD74F

secondary

#373B99

accent

#45EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD74F

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

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