#DDDA48#DDDA48

#DDDA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.162 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA48
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -15.97, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 70.60, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0505 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.162 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0619, 65.9846, 15.9128)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA48 #484BDD

analogous

#DD9048 #DDDA48 #95DD48

triadic

#DDDA48 #48DDDA #DA48DD

tetradic

#DDDA48 #48DD90 #484BDD #DD4895

square

#DDDA48 #48DD90 #484BDD #DD4895

split-complementary

#DDDA48 #4895DD #9048DD

monochromatic

#908E1B #C3C024 #DDDA48 #E7E47C #F0EFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DDDA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA48

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA48	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.162 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe583',
    500: '#ddda48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda48;
$custom-light: #ebe583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8651,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA48

secondary

#343695

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA48

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

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