#DDDA40#DDDA40

#DDDA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.167 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA40
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -16.37, 71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 73.45, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0524 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.167 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8177, 65.8869, 14.6267)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA40 #4043DD

analogous

#DD8C40 #DDDA40 #91DD40

triadic

#DDDA40 #40DDDA #DA40DD

tetradic

#DDDA40 #40DD8C #4043DD #DD4091

square

#DDDA40 #40DD8C #4043DD #DD4091

split-complementary

#DDDA40 #4091DD #8C40DD

monochromatic

#8A8819 #BEBB22 #DDDA40 #E6E474 #EFEEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DDDA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA40

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA40	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.167 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe57f',
    500: '#ddda40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda40;
$custom-light: #ebe57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86454,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA40

secondary

#313390

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA40

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

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