#DDDA4A#DDDA4A

#DDDA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.161 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA4A
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -15.87, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 69.85, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.05 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.161 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1282, 66.0111, 16.2620)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA4A #4A4DDD

analogous

#DD914A #DDDA4A #96DD4A

triadic

#DDDA4A #4ADDDA #DA4ADD

tetradic

#DDDA4A #4ADD91 #4A4DDD #DD4A96

square

#DDDA4A #4ADD91 #4A4DDD #DD4A96

split-complementary

#DDDA4A #4A96DD #914ADD

monochromatic

#918F1B #C5C225 #DDDA4A #E7E57E #F0EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DDDA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA4A

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA4A	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)

#EBD135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.161 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe584',
    500: '#ddda4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda4a;
$custom-light: #ebe584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86525,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA4A

secondary

#353796

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA4A

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

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