#DDD839#DDD839

#DDD839 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.169 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD839
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 74.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -15.69, 73.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 75.05, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0511 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.169 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1154, 64.7812, 13.4709)
Luminance	0.6478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD839 #393EDD

analogous

#DD8639 #DDD839 #90DD39

triadic

#DDD839 #39DDD8 #D839DD

tetradic

#DDD839 #39DD86 #393EDD #DD3990

square

#DDD839 #39DD86 #393EDD #DD3990

split-complementary

#DDD839 #3990DD #8639DD

monochromatic

#858117 #B9B420 #DDD839 #E6E26D #EFEDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DDD839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD839

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD839	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.169 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece37b',
    500: '#ddd839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd839;
$custom-light: #ece37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.171,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85989,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD839

secondary

#2F328B

accent

#40ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD839

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

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