#DDD93D#DDD93D

#DDD93D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.168 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD93D
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -16.01, 72.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 74.10, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0517 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.168 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.4761, 65.3366, 14.1029)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD93D #3D41DD

analogous

#DD893D #DDD93D #91DD3D

triadic

#DDD93D #3DDDD9 #D93DDD

tetradic

#DDD93D #3DDD89 #3D41DD #DD3D91

square

#DDD93D #3DDD89 #3D41DD #DD3D91

split-complementary

#DDD93D #3D91DD #893DDD

monochromatic

#888518 #BCB821 #DDD93D #E6E371 #EFEDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DDD93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD93D

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD93D	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.168 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe47d',
    500: '#ddd93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd93d;
$custom-light: #ebe47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86224,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD93D

secondary

#30338E

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD93D

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

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