#DDD94F#DDD94F

#DDD94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.156 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD94F
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -15.09, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 67.55, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0473 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.156 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0449, 65.5641, 17.0985)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD94F #4F53DD

analogous

#DD924F #DDD94F #9ADD4F

triadic

#DDD94F #4FDDD9 #D94FDD

tetradic

#DDD94F #4FDD92 #4F53DD #DD4F9A

square

#DDD94F #4FDD92 #4F53DD #DD4F9A

split-complementary

#DDD94F #4F9ADD #924FDD

monochromatic

#95911D #C8C427 #DDD94F #E7E482 #F1EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DDD94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD94F

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD94F	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)

#EAD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.156 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe487',
    500: '#ddd94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd94f;
$custom-light: #ebe487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86354,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD94F

secondary

#373A99

accent

#42EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD94F

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

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