#DDD83E#DDD83E

#DDD83E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.166 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD83E
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -15.47, 71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 73.42, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0501 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.166 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2463, 64.8336, 14.1605)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD83E #3E43DD

analogous

#DD883E #DDD83E #93DD3E

triadic

#DDD83E #3EDDD8 #D83EDD

tetradic

#DDD83E #3EDD88 #3E43DD #DD3E93

square

#DDD83E #3EDD88 #3E43DD #DD3E93

split-complementary

#DDD83E #3E93DD #883EDD

monochromatic

#898518 #BDB821 #DDD83E #E6E372 #EFEDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DDD83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD83E

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD83E	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.166 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37e',
    500: '#ddd83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd83e;
$custom-light: #ebe37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.113,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86019,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD83E

secondary

#31348E

accent

#41ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD83E

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

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