#DDDB42#DDDB42

#DDDB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.167 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB42
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -16.77, 71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 73.12, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0533 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.167 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1357, 66.4303, 15.0185)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB42 #4244DD

analogous

#DD8E42 #DDDB42 #92DD42

triadic

#DDDB42 #42DDDB #DB42DD

tetradic

#DDDB42 #42DD8E #4244DD #DD4292

square

#DDDB42 #42DD8E #4244DD #DD4292

split-complementary

#DDDB42 #4292DD #8E42DD

monochromatic

#8C8A19 #BFBD22 #DDDB42 #E6E576 #F0EFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DDDB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB42

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB42	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.167 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe580',
    500: '#dddb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb42;
$custom-light: #ebe580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86679,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB42

secondary

#323391

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB42

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

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