#DDDA4E#DDDA4E

#DDDA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA4E
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -15.64, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 68.32, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.049 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2673, 66.0667, 16.9944)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA4E #4E51DD

analogous

#DD924E #DDDA4E #98DD4E

triadic

#DDDA4E #4EDDDA #DA4EDD

tetradic

#DDDA4E #4EDD92 #4E51DD #DD4E98

square

#DDDA4E #4EDD92 #4E51DD #DD4E98

split-complementary

#DDDA4E #4E98DD #924EDD

monochromatic

#94921C #C7C426 #DDDA4E #E7E581 #F1EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DDDA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA4E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA4E	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe587',
    500: '#ddda4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda4e;
$custom-light: #ebe587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86557,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA4E

secondary

#363999

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA4E

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

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