#DDDD40#DDDD40

#DDDD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.170 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD40
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -17.84, 72.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 74.53, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0565 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.17 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6027, 67.4569, 14.8883)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD40 #4040DD

analogous

#DD8E40 #DDDD40 #8EDD40

triadic

#DDDD40 #40DDDD #DD40DD

tetradic

#DDDD40 #40DD8E #4040DD #DD408E

square

#DDDD40 #40DD8E #4040DD #DD408E

split-complementary

#DDDD40 #408EDD #8E40DD

monochromatic

#8A8A19 #BEBE22 #DDDD40 #E6E674 #EFEFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DDDD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD40

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD40	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.170 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe77f',
    500: '#dddd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd40;
$custom-light: #ebe77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87089,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD40

secondary

#313190

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD40

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

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