#DDD94E#DDD94E

#DDD94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.157 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD94E
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -15.15, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 67.94, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0476 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.157 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0087, 65.5497, 16.9083)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD94E #4E52DD

analogous

#DD914E #DDD94E #99DD4E

triadic

#DDD94E #4EDDD9 #D94EDD

tetradic

#DDD94E #4EDD91 #4E52DD #DD4E99

square

#DDD94E #4EDD91 #4E52DD #DD4E99

split-complementary

#DDD94E #4E99DD #914EDD

monochromatic

#94911C #C7C326 #DDD94E #E7E481 #F1EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DDD94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD94E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD94E	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.157 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe486',
    500: '#ddd94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd94e;
$custom-light: #ebe486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86346,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD94E

secondary

#363999

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD94E

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

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