#DDD844#DDD844

#DDD844 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.163 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD844
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -15.19, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 71.33, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0487 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.163 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4201, 64.9031, 15.0760)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD844 #4449DD

analogous

#DD8C44 #DDD844 #96DD44

triadic

#DDD844 #44DDD8 #D844DD

tetradic

#DDD844 #44DD8C #4449DD #DD4496

square

#DDD844 #44DD8C #4449DD #DD4496

split-complementary

#DDD844 #4496DD #8C44DD

monochromatic

#8D891A #C1BC23 #DDD844 #E6E378 #F0EEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DDD844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD844

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD844	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)

#EAD02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.163 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe381',
    500: '#ddd844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd844;
$custom-light: #ebe381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86059,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD844

secondary

#333692

accent

#42EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD844

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

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