#DDD83D#DDD83D

#DDD83D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.167 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD83D
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -15.52, 72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 73.75, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0503 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.167 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2191, 64.8227, 14.0173)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD83D #3D42DD

analogous

#DD883D #DDD83D #92DD3D

triadic

#DDD83D #3DDDD8 #D83DDD

tetradic

#DDD83D #3DDD88 #3D42DD #DD3D92

square

#DDD83D #3DDD88 #3D42DD #DD3D92

split-complementary

#DDD83D #3D92DD #883DDD

monochromatic

#888418 #BCB721 #DDD83D #E6E271 #EFEDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DDD83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD83D

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD83D	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)

#EACF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.167 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37d',
    500: '#ddd83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd83d;
$custom-light: #ebe37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86013,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD83D

secondary

#30338E

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD83D

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

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