#DDCE44#DDCE44

#DDCE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.153 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE44
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -10.19, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 67.86, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0346 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.153 103)
XYZ	xyz(52.9357, 59.9343, 14.2478)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE44 #4453DD

analogous

#DD8244 #DDCE44 #9FDD44

triadic

#DDCE44 #44DDCE #CE44DD

tetradic

#DDCE44 #44DD82 #4453DD #DD449F

square

#DDCE44 #44DD82 #4453DD #DD449F

split-complementary

#DDCE44 #449FDD #8244DD

monochromatic

#8D821A #C1B123 #DDCE44 #E6DC78 #F0E9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DDCE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE44

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE44	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.153 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc80',
    500: '#ddce44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce44;
$custom-light: #ebdc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83964,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.59932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE44

secondary

#333C92

accent

#4DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE44

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

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