#DDDB3B#DDDB3B

#DDDB3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.171 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB3B
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -17.08, 73.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 75.46, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0548 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.171 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9418, 66.3527, 13.9974)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB3B #3B3DDD

analogous

#DD8A3B #DDDB3B #8EDD3B

triadic

#DDDB3B #3BDDDB #DB3BDD

tetradic

#DDDB3B #3BDD8A #3B3DDD #DD3B8E

square

#DDDB3B #3BDD8A #3B3DDD #DD3B8E

split-complementary

#DDDB3B #3B8EDD #8A3BDD

monochromatic

#868517 #BAB920 #DDDB3B #E6E56F #EFEEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DDDB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB3B

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB3B	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.171 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece57d',
    500: '#dddb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb3b;
$custom-light: #ece57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86635,
    "c": 0.17059,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB3B

secondary

#30318C

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB3B

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

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