#DDD840#DDD840

#DDD840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.165 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD840
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -15.38, 71.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 72.74, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0496 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.165 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3022, 64.8559, 14.4548)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD840 #4045DD

analogous

#DD8940 #DDD840 #93DD40

triadic

#DDD840 #40DDD8 #D840DD

tetradic

#DDD840 #40DD89 #4045DD #DD4093

square

#DDD840 #40DD89 #4045DD #DD4093

split-complementary

#DDD840 #4093DD #8940DD

monochromatic

#8A8619 #BEB922 #DDD840 #E6E374 #EFEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DDD840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD840

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD840	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)

#EAD025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.165 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe37f',
    500: '#ddd840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd840;
$custom-light: #ebe37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86032,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD840

secondary

#313490

accent

#41ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD840

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

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