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#ddaa33

a balanced, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
221, 170, 51
HSL
42°, 71%, 53%
CMYK
0, 23, 77, 13
Luminance
0.4436

Every format

HEX#ddaa33
RGBrgb(221, 170, 51)
HSLhsl(42, 71%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23%, 77%, 13%)
LABlab(72.5 7.8 64.3)
LCHlch(72.5 64.8 83.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.766 0.141 84.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ddaa33;
background-color: #ddaa33;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ddaa33] bg-[#ddaa33]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ddaa33;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.667, blue: 0.200)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ddaa33")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ddaa33 on white: 2.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ddaa33 on black: 9.87:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green66.7%
Blue20.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta23.1%
Yellow76.9%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#ddaa33 text on a black background

contrast 9.87:1

Card sample

#ddaa33 text on a white background

contrast 2.13:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ddaa33;
Background color
Panel with #ddaa33 background
background-color: #ddaa33;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ddaa33;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 170, 51, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 170, 51, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ddaa33;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddaa33, #9FDD33);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ddaa33

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ddaa33 in the Color Lab