#DDCE34#DDCE34

#DDCE34 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.163 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE34
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -10.89, 72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 73.34, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0381 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.163 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5123, 59.7649, 12.0179)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE34 #3443DD

analogous

#DD7A34 #DDCE34 #97DD34

triadic

#DDCE34 #34DDCE #CE34DD

tetradic

#DDCE34 #34DD7A #3443DD #DD3497

square

#DDCE34 #34DD7A #3443DD #DD3497

split-complementary

#DDCE34 #3497DD #7A34DD

monochromatic

#817716 #B5A81E #DDCE34 #E6DB68 #EFE79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE34

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE34	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C70C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.163 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc78',
    500: '#ddce34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce34;
$custom-light: #ecdc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.675,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83861,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE34

secondary

#2D3588

accent

#4AEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE34

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

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