#DDDA3B#DDDA3B

#DDDA3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.170 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA3B
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -16.59, 73.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 75.11, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0535 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.17 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6817, 65.8325, 13.9107)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA3B #3B3EDD

analogous

#DD893B #DDDA3B #8FDD3B

triadic

#DDDA3B #3BDDDA #DA3BDD

tetradic

#DDDA3B #3BDD89 #3B3EDD #DD3B8F

square

#DDDA3B #3BDD89 #3B3EDD #DD3B8F

split-complementary

#DDDA3B #3B8FDD #893BDD

monochromatic

#868417 #BAB820 #DDDA3B #E6E46F #EFEEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DDDA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA3B

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA3B	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.170 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece57d',
    500: '#ddda3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda3b;
$custom-light: #ece57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86423,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA3B

secondary

#30318C

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA3B

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

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