#DDD85B#DDD85B

#DDD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.146 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD85B
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -13.83, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 62.24, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0425 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.146 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2648, 65.2409, 19.5244)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD85B #5B60DD

analogous

#DD975B #DDD85B #A1DD5B

triadic

#DDD85B #5BDDD8 #D85BDD

tetradic

#DDD85B #5BDD97 #5B60DD #DD5BA1

square

#DDD85B #5BDD97 #5B60DD #DD5BA1

split-complementary

#DDD85B #5BA1DD #975BDD

monochromatic

#9D9821 #D0C92B #DDD85B #E8E48E #F2F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DDD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD85B

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD85B	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38e',
    500: '#ddd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd85b;
$custom-light: #eae38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86253,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD85B

secondary

#3B3FA1

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD85B

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

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