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#DDDA47 — Yellow

#DDDA47 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #DDDA47 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DDDA47 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4648DD; it also sits naturally between #DD8F46 and #94DD46. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DDDA47 · RGB 221, 218, 71

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Color values

HEX#DDDA47
RGB221, 218, 71
HSL59°, 69%, 57%
HSV59°, 68%, 87%
CMYK0%, 1%, 68%, 13%
XYZ56.03, 65.97, 15.74
Yxy65.97, 0.4068, 0.4789
CIE-Lab84.98, -16.03, 69.14
Hunter Lab81.22, -14.90, 42.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 85% · Blue 28%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 68% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DDDA47 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DDDA47 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DDDA47

.text { color: #DDDA47; }
.background { background-color: #DDDA47; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDDA47; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 218, 71); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 69%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDDA47; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 218, 71, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDDA47; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 218, 71, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DDDA47">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DDDA47">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DDDA47

#D9D630#C6C424#B1AE20#9B991C#868419#6C6A14#565510#41400C#272607#111103

Tints of #DDDA47

#E0DE57#E3E168#E6E579#EAE88B#EDEB9C#EFEEA9#F2F1BA#F6F5CB#F9F8DD#FCFCEE

Tones of #DDDA47

#D2D051#C7C55C#BCBB67#B2B170#A7A77B#9C9C86

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4648DD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #DDDA47: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DDDA47

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DDDA47: ·

How #DDDA47 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DCDC6BDeuteranopia · #DCDC73Tritanopia · #DD878D

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DDDA47 rather than the exact color:

Rustic Ruby Bloom
#C96A4D · #B27D25 · #D9DA42 · #5E861F
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Radiant Ruby Aurora
#25B6AF · #B126B9 · #DBD44F · #B9E8E8
Crimson Ruby Twilight
#DDE87D · #D4E345 · #BFCF26 · #8D991E
Velvet Ruby Solace
#9B2544 · #CB7546 · #D8D351 · #528D28
Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D9DA42#E5D549#DBD44F#D4E345#D8D351#E5D93C#E2D050#D3E444#D8D051#E4D03E#DBE156#E1E237

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DDDA46  ·  #DDDA48 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDDA47?

#DDDA47 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 221, 218, 71). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDDA47?

#DDDA47 is RGB 221, 218, 71 — HSL 59°, 69%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 68%, 13%.

What colors go with #DDDA47?

Its complement is #4648DD; analogous partners are #DD8F46 and #94DD46. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDDA47 for text?

Black text on #DDDA47 has a contrast ratio of 14.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.