#DDDA72#DDDA72

#DDDA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.127 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA72
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -13.01, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 52.73, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0377 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.127 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9288, 66.7314, 25.7452)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA72 #7275DD

analogous

#DDA472 #DDDA72 #AADD72

triadic

#DDDA72 #72DDDA #DA72DD

tetradic

#DDDA72 #72DDA4 #7275DD #DD72AA

square

#DDDA72 #72DDA4 #7275DD #DD72AA

split-complementary

#DDDA72 #72AADD #A472DD

monochromatic

#ABA829 #D1CD41 #DDDA72 #E9E7A3 #F5F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DDDA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA72

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA72	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.127 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e59d',
    500: '#ddda72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda72;
$custom-light: #e9e59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86934,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA72

secondary

#4648AE

accent

#21C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA72

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

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