#DDDA44#DDDA44

#DDDA44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.164 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA44
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -16.18, 70.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 72.05, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0515 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.164 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9356, 65.9341, 15.2478)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA44 #4447DD

analogous

#DD8E44 #DDDA44 #93DD44

triadic

#DDDA44 #44DDDA #DA44DD

tetradic

#DDDA44 #44DD8E #4447DD #DD4493

square

#DDDA44 #44DD8E #4447DD #DD4493

split-complementary

#DDDA44 #4493DD #8E44DD

monochromatic

#8D8B1A #C1BE23 #DDDA44 #E6E478 #F0EEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DDDA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA44

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA44	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.164 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe581',
    500: '#ddda44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda44;
$custom-light: #ebe581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86481,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA44

secondary

#333592

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA44

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

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