#DDDA3E#DDDA3E

#DDDA3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.168 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA3E
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -16.46, 72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 74.13, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0528 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.168 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7618, 65.8646, 14.3323)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA3E #3E41DD

analogous

#DD8A3E #DDDA3E #90DD3E

triadic

#DDDA3E #3EDDDA #DA3EDD

tetradic

#DDDA3E #3EDD8A #3E41DD #DD3E90

square

#DDDA3E #3EDD8A #3E41DD #DD3E90

split-complementary

#DDDA3E #3E90DD #8A3EDD

monochromatic

#898618 #BDBA21 #DDDA3E #E6E472 #EFEEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DDDA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA3E

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA3E	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)

#ECD120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.168 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe57e',
    500: '#ddda3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda3e;
$custom-light: #ebe57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86441,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA3E

secondary

#31328E

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA3E

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

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