#DDD942#DDD942

#DDD942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.165 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD942
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -15.78, 70.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 72.40, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0506 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.165 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6171, 65.3930, 14.8456)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD942 #4246DD

analogous

#DD8C42 #DDD942 #94DD42

triadic

#DDD942 #42DDD9 #D942DD

tetradic

#DDD942 #42DD8C #4246DD #DD4294

square

#DDD942 #42DD8C #4246DD #DD4294

split-complementary

#DDD942 #4294DD #8C42DD

monochromatic

#8C8919 #BFBB22 #DDD942 #E6E376 #F0EEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DDD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD942

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD942	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.165 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe480',
    500: '#ddd942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd942;
$custom-light: #ebe480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86256,
    "c": 0.16469,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD942

secondary

#323591

accent

#40EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD942

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

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