#DDAA11Honeycomb (#DDAA11) is a light, saturated yellow with an OKLCH hue of 86°, lightness 0.76 and chroma 0.154. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #DDAA11 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 170, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 86%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 92%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23%, 92%, 13%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(72.3 6.9 73.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.764 0.154 86) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Honeycomb shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#e1a500 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e2aa03 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ddaa11 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ddab15 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Honeycomb in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.14:1 and against black 9.83:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#fff0d1 · #f2c24b · #ddaa11 · #9c7600 · #715400 · #483500
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d1e487 · #d7c955 · #ddaa11 · #d78e22 · #c97536 · #b66044
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ddaa11 · #7c9f71 · #937000 · #266b00 · #503b00 · #0b2e00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e3d4b4 · #ddaa11 · #a78d51 · #2f4fac · #433100 · #231700
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ecf2ff · #ddaa11 · #9f9681 · #565b64 · #2d240f · #000104
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#edf2fd · #c3c9d6 · #959caa · #1b2233 · #01030f · #ddaa11
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ecf2ff · #ddaa11 · #7393e2 · #3252af · #091963 · #0a0400
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b0ded2 · #ddaa11 · #9c90d4 · #40657a · #2b3958 · #0c1103
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d4faff · #ddaa11 · #00aaba · #843387 · #410044 · #000304
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d2fdf1 · #ddaa11 · #13af94 · #3252af · #4a0026 · #010015
#E3B749 · #EAC36A · #F0CF87 · #F6DCA2 · #FCE8BB
#B68B00 · #8F6D00 · #6B5000 · #483500 · #291C00
#D4AD4F · #CBAF6F · #C2B18A
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.