#DDD946#DDD946

#DDD946 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.162 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD946
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -15.58, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 70.97, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0496 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.162 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7392, 65.4419, 15.4886)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD946 #464ADD

analogous

#DD8E46 #DDD946 #95DD46

triadic

#DDD946 #46DDD9 #D946DD

tetradic

#DDD946 #46DD8E #464ADD #DD4695

square

#DDD946 #46DD8E #464ADD #DD4695

split-complementary

#DDD946 #4695DD #8E46DD

monochromatic

#8E8B1A #C2BE24 #DDD946 #E7E47A #F0EEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DDD946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD946

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD946	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.162 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe482',
    500: '#ddd946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd946;
$custom-light: #ebe482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86284,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD946

secondary

#343694

accent

#41EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD946

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

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