#DDD940#DDD940

#DDD940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.166 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD940
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -15.88, 71.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 73.09, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.051 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.166 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5592, 65.3699, 14.5405)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD940 #4044DD

analogous

#DD8A40 #DDD940 #93DD40

triadic

#DDD940 #40DDD9 #D940DD

tetradic

#DDD940 #40DD8A #4044DD #DD4093

square

#DDD940 #40DD8A #4044DD #DD4093

split-complementary

#DDD940 #4093DD #8A40DD

monochromatic

#8A8719 #BEBA22 #DDD940 #E6E374 #EFEEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DDD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD940

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD940	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)

#EBD024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.166 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe47f',
    500: '#ddd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd940;
$custom-light: #ebe47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.471,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86243,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD940

secondary

#313490

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD940

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

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