#DDDD3B#DDDD3B

#DDDD3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.172 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD3B
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -18.06, 74.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 76.17, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0576 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.172 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4667, 67.4025, 14.1723)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD3B #3B3BDD

analogous

#DD8C3B #DDDD3B #8CDD3B

triadic

#DDDD3B #3BDDDD #DD3BDD

tetradic

#DDDD3B #3BDD8C #3B3BDD #DD3B8C

square

#DDDD3B #3BDD8C #3B3BDD #DD3B8C

split-complementary

#DDDD3B #3B8CDD #8C3BDD

monochromatic

#868617 #BABA20 #DDDD3B #E6E66F #EFEFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DDDD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD3B

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD3B	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.172 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece77d',
    500: '#dddd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd3b;
$custom-light: #ece77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87059,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD3B

secondary

#30308C

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD3B

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

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