#DDDA5B#DDDA5B

#DDDA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.148 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA5B
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -14.82, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 63.03, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0453 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.148 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7803, 66.2719, 19.6963)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA5B #5B5EDD

analogous

#DD995B #DDDA5B #9FDD5B

triadic

#DDDA5B #5BDDDA #DA5BDD

tetradic

#DDDA5B #5BDD99 #5B5EDD #DD5B9F

square

#DDDA5B #5BDD99 #5B5EDD #DD5B9F

split-complementary

#DDDA5B #5B9FDD #995BDD

monochromatic

#9D9A21 #D0CC2B #DDDA5B #E8E58E #F2F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DDDA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA5B

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA5B	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.148 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58e',
    500: '#ddda5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda5b;
$custom-light: #eae58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86673,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA5B

secondary

#3B3EA1

accent

#1CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA5B

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

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