#DDD65E#DDD65E

#DDD65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.141 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD65E
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -12.62, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 60.16, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0387 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.141 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8875, 64.2752, 20.0499)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD65E #5E65DD

analogous

#DD975E #DDD65E #A5DD5E

triadic

#DDD65E #5EDDD6 #D65EDD

tetradic

#DDD65E #5EDD97 #5E65DD #DD5EA5

square

#DDD65E #5EDD97 #5E65DD #DD5EA5

split-complementary

#DDD65E #5EA5DD #975EDD

monochromatic

#9F9822 #D2C82C #DDD65E #E8E391 #F2F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DDD65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD65E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD65E	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.141 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae290',
    500: '#ddd65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd65e;
$custom-light: #eae290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85865,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD65E

secondary

#3D42A2

accent

#22CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD65E

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

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