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#ddaa11

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

RGB
221, 170, 17
HSL
45°, 86%, 47%
CMYK
0, 23, 92, 13
Luminance
0.4416

Every format

HEX#ddaa11
RGBrgb(221, 170, 17)
HSLhsl(45, 86%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23%, 92%, 13%)
LABlab(72.3 6.9 73.3)
LCHlch(72.3 73.6 84.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.764 0.154 86.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ddaa11;
background-color: #ddaa11;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ddaa11] bg-[#ddaa11]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ddaa11;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.667, blue: 0.067)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ddaa11")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ddaa11 on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ddaa11 on black: 9.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green66.7%
Blue6.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta23.1%
Yellow92.3%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#ddaa11 text on a black background

contrast 9.83:1

Card sample

#ddaa11 text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ddaa11;
Background color
Panel with #ddaa11 background
background-color: #ddaa11;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ddaa11;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 170, 17, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 170, 17, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ddaa11;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddaa11, #88DD11);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ddaa11

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ddaa11 in the Color Lab