#DDDB3E#DDDB3E

#DDDB3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.169 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB3E
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -16.95, 72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 74.48, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0542 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.169 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0219, 66.3848, 14.4190)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB3E #3E40DD

analogous

#DD8B3E #DDDB3E #90DD3E

triadic

#DDDB3E #3EDDDB #DB3EDD

tetradic

#DDDB3E #3EDD8B #3E40DD #DD3E90

square

#DDDB3E #3EDD8B #3E40DD #DD3E90

split-complementary

#DDDB3E #3E90DD #8B3EDD

monochromatic

#898718 #BDBB21 #DDDB3E #E6E572 #EFEEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DDDB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB3E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB3E	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.169 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe57e',
    500: '#dddb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb3e;
$custom-light: #ebe57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.245,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86653,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB3E

secondary

#31328E

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB3E

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

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