#DDD85E#DDD85E

#DDD85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.143 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD85E
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -13.62, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 60.94, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0415 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.143 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3968, 65.2937, 20.2197)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD85E #5E63DD

analogous

#DD995E #DDD85E #A3DD5E

triadic

#DDD85E #5EDDD8 #D85EDD

tetradic

#DDD85E #5EDD99 #5E63DD #DD5EA3

square

#DDD85E #5EDD99 #5E63DD #DD5EA3

split-complementary

#DDD85E #5EA3DD #995EDD

monochromatic

#9F9A22 #D2CB2C #DDD85E #E8E491 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DDD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD85E

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD85E	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.143 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae390',
    500: '#ddd85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd85e;
$custom-light: #eae390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86284,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD85E

secondary

#3D41A2

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD85E

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

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