#DDDA42#DDDA42

#DDDA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.166 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA42
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -16.28, 70.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 72.76, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0519 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.166 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8756, 65.9101, 14.9318)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA42 #4245DD

analogous

#DD8D42 #DDDA42 #93DD42

triadic

#DDDA42 #42DDDA #DA42DD

tetradic

#DDDA42 #42DD8D #4245DD #DD4293

square

#DDDA42 #42DD8D #4245DD #DD4293

split-complementary

#DDDA42 #4293DD #8D42DD

monochromatic

#8C8919 #BFBC22 #DDDA42 #E6E476 #F0EEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DDDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA42

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA42	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)

#ECD128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.166 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe580',
    500: '#ddda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda42;
$custom-light: #ebe580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86467,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA42

secondary

#323491

accent

#3FEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA42

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

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