#DDD83B#DDD83B

#DDD83B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.168 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD83B
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -15.60, 72.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 74.41, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0507 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.168 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1662, 64.8015, 13.7388)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD83B #3B40DD

analogous

#DD873B #DDD83B #91DD3B

triadic

#DDD83B #3BDDD8 #D83BDD

tetradic

#DDD83B #3BDD87 #3B40DD #DD3B91

square

#DDD83B #3BDD87 #3B40DD #DD3B91

split-complementary

#DDD83B #3B91DD #873BDD

monochromatic

#868317 #BAB620 #DDD83B #E6E26F #EFEDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DDD83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD83B

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD83B	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)

#EACF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.168 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece37c',
    500: '#ddd83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd83b;
$custom-light: #ece37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.148,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD83B

secondary

#30338C

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD83B

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

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