What is hex #DDD80A color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 87% red, 85% green and 4% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (221,216,10).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 2%, 95%, 13%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #DDD80A features a hue of 59°, 95% saturation, and a brightness value of 87%.

Hex #DDD80A Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #DDD80A
RGB Values (221,216,10)
CMYK Values (0%, 2%, 95%, 13%)
HSV/HSB Values (59°, 95%, 87%)
Closest Web Safe
#CCCC00
Inverse Color
#2227F5
Closest Pantone®
396 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1016 [Sulfur yellow]
Complementary Color
#0A0FDD

#DDD80A Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#959595
Lightness (Desaturation)
#737373
Weighted (BT601)
#C2C2C2
Luma (BT709)
#CACACA

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #DDD80A complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #DDD80A

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #DDD80A.

Contrast Ratio: 1.51:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #DDD80A

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #DDD80A.

Contrast Ratio: 13.9:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #DDD80A Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #DDD80A is #0A0FDD. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #DDD80A you will find #0A0FDD. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#DDD80A #0A0FDD

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #DDD80A is composed with colors #DD6E0A and #78DD0A. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #DDD80A with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#DD6E0A #DDD80A #78DD0A

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #DDD80A is composed with colors #6E0ADD and #0A78DD. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#DDD80A #6E0ADD #0A78DD

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #DDD80A is composed with colors #D80ADD and #0ADDD8. They are located to the right and left of your main color #DDD80A with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#DDD80A #D80ADD #0ADDD8

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #DDD80A is composed with colors #0ADDD8, #0A0FDD and #DD0A0F A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#DDD80A #0ADDD8 #0A0FDD #DD0A0F

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #DDD80A is composed with colors #0ADD6E, #0A0FDD and #DD0A78 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#DDD80A #0ADD6E #0A0FDD #DD0A78

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #DDD80A

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #DDD80A.

#DDD80A #F0EB0A #F4EF1B #F5F02E #F6F242 #F7F355 #F8F469 #F9F67C

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#DDD80A #D1CD15 #C6C220 #BBB72B #AFAC37 #A4A242 #99974D #8D8C59

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#DDD80A #C9C409 #B5B108 #A29E07 #8E8B06 #7B7805 #676504 #545203

Hex #DDD80A in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #DDD80A
Java new Color(221,216,10);
Python Color(#DDD80A)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 221,216,10);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.87, green: 0.85, blue: 0.04, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(221, 216, 10)