#DDCE2D#DDCE2D

#DDCE2D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.166 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE2D
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 79.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -11.13, 74.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 75.39, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0394 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.166 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3662, 59.7065, 11.2483)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE2D #2D3CDD

analogous

#DD762D #DDCE2D #94DD2D

triadic

#DDCE2D #2DDDCE #CE2DDD

tetradic

#DDCE2D #2DDD76 #2D3CDD #DD2D94

square

#DDCE2D #2DDD76 #2D3CDD #DD2D94

split-complementary

#DDCE2D #2D94DD #762DDD

monochromatic

#7C7314 #B0A41D #DDCE2D #E6DA62 #EEE796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE2D

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE2D	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.166 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc75',
    500: '#ddce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce2d;
$custom-light: #ecdc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.886,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83826,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE2D

secondary

#2B3383

accent

#48EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE2D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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