#ddaa00

Color #ddaa00

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 7 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ddaa00

RGB

rgb(221, 170, 0)

HSL

hsl(46.2, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.2, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 100%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(72.31, 6.71, 75.36)

LCH

lch(72.31, 75.66, 84.91)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.1562, 86.84)

HWB

hwb(46.2, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0033dd

Analogous

#dd3c00

#ddaa00

#a1dd00

Triadic

#ddaa00

#00ddaa

#aa00dd

Split-complementary

#ddaa00

#00a1dd

#3c00dd

Tetradic

#ddaa00

#33dd00

#0033dd

#aa00dd

Square

#ddaa00

#00dd3c

#0033dd

#dd00a1

Shades

Color #ddaa00 mixed toward black.

#b88e00

#937100

#6e5500

#4a3900

#251c00

Tints

Color #ddaa00 mixed toward white.

#ffc80e

#ffd33e

#ffde6e

#ffe99f

#fff4cf

Tones

Color #ddaa00 mixed toward gray.

#caa012

#b89625

#a68c37

#93824a

#81785c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c958 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#cccf61 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#db7479 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ddaa00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddaa00]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#ddaa00 (#ddaa00) is rgb(221, 170, 0) in RGB.

No, #ddaa00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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