#DDCE4E#DDCE4E

#DDCE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE4E
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -9.64, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 63.95, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.032 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.147 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2674, 60.0670, 15.9945)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE4E #4E5DDD

analogous

#DD864E #DDCE4E #A4DD4E

triadic

#DDCE4E #4EDDCE #CE4EDD

tetradic

#DDCE4E #4EDD86 #4E5DDD #DD4EA4

square

#DDCE4E #4EDD86 #4E5DDD #DD4EA4

split-complementary

#DDCE4E #4EA4DD #864EDD

monochromatic

#94881C #C7B726 #DDCE4E #E7DC81 #F1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DDCE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE4E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE4E	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.147 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc86',
    500: '#ddce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce4e;
$custom-light: #ebdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84044,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE4E

secondary

#364199

accent

#4FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →