#DDD842#DDD842

#DDD842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.164 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD842
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -15.29, 70.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 72.04, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0492 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.164 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3601, 64.8791, 14.7600)
Luminance	0.6488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD842 #4247DD

analogous

#DD8B42 #DDD842 #94DD42

triadic

#DDD842 #42DDD8 #D842DD

tetradic

#DDD842 #42DD8B #4247DD #DD4294

square

#DDD842 #42DD8B #4247DD #DD4294

split-complementary

#DDD842 #4294DD #8B42DD

monochromatic

#8C8819 #BFBA22 #DDD842 #E6E376 #F0EDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DDD842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD842

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD842	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.164 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe380',
    500: '#ddd842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd842;
$custom-light: #ebe380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86045,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD842

secondary

#323591

accent

#41EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD842

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

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