#DDD949#DDD949

#DDD949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.160 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD949
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -15.43, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 69.86, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0489 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.16 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8362, 65.4807, 15.9998)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD949 #494DDD

analogous

#DD8F49 #DDD949 #97DD49

triadic

#DDD949 #49DDD9 #D949DD

tetradic

#DDD949 #49DD8F #494DDD #DD4997

square

#DDD949 #49DD8F #494DDD #DD4997

split-complementary

#DDD949 #4997DD #8F49DD

monochromatic

#918D1B #C4C025 #DDD949 #E7E47D #F0EFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DDD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD949

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD949	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.160 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe484',
    500: '#ddd949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd949;
$custom-light: #ebe484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86306,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD949

secondary

#353796

accent

#41EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD949

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

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