#DDDA53#DDDA53

#DDDA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.154 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA53
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -15.34, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 66.34, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0476 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.154 108)
XYZ	xyz(56.4534, 66.1412, 17.9747)
Luminance	0.6614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA53 #5356DD

analogous

#DD9553 #DDDA53 #9BDD53

triadic

#DDDA53 #53DDDA #DA53DD

tetradic

#DDDA53 #53DD95 #5356DD #DD539B

square

#DDDA53 #53DD95 #5356DD #DD539B

split-complementary

#DDDA53 #539BDD #9553DD

monochromatic

#98951E #CBC728 #DDDA53 #E7E586 #F1F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DDDA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA53

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA53	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.154 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe589',
    500: '#ddda53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda53;
$custom-light: #ebe589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86599,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA53

secondary

#383B9C

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA53

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

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