#DDDF40#DDDF40

#DDDF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.172 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDF40
RGB	rgb(221, 223, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -18.82, 72.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 75.27, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0593 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.172 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.1339, 68.5193, 15.0654)
Luminance	0.6852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDF40 #4240DF

analogous

#DF9240 #DDDF40 #8EDF40

triadic

#DDDF40 #40DDDF #DF40DD

tetradic

#DDDF40 #40DF92 #4240DF #DF408E

square

#DDDF40 #40DF92 #4240DF #DF408E

split-complementary

#DDDF40 #408EDF #9240DF

monochromatic

#8C8D18 #BFC120 #DDDF40 #E6E874 #F0F1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DDDF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDF40

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDF40	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 223, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.172 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe87f',
    500: '#dddf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddf40;
$custom-light: #ebe87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.755,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87514,
    "c": 0.17163,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDF40

secondary

#323192

accent

#3AEE3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDF40

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

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