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#ddaa00

a dark, electric yellow · cool · closest name: orange

RGB
221, 170, 0
HSL
46°, 100%, 43%
CMYK
0, 23, 100, 13
Luminance
0.4412

Every format

HEX#ddaa00
RGBrgb(221, 170, 0)
HSLhsl(46, 100%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23%, 100%, 13%)
LABlab(72.3 6.7 75.4)
LCHlch(72.3 75.7 84.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.764 0.156 86.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ddaa00;
background-color: #ddaa00;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ddaa00] bg-[#ddaa00]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ddaa00;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.667, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ddaa00")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ddaa00 on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ddaa00 on black: 9.82:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green66.7%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta23.1%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#ddaa00 text on a black background

contrast 9.82:1

Card sample

#ddaa00 text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ddaa00;
Background color
Panel with #ddaa00 background
background-color: #ddaa00;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ddaa00;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 170, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 170, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ddaa00;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddaa00, #7CDD00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ddaa00

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ddaa00 in the Color Lab