#DDDB44#DDDB44

#DDDB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.165 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB44
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -16.67, 70.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 72.42, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0529 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.165 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1957, 66.4543, 15.3345)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB44 #4446DD

analogous

#DD8F44 #DDDB44 #93DD44

triadic

#DDDB44 #44DDDB #DB44DD

tetradic

#DDDB44 #44DD8F #4446DD #DD4493

square

#DDDB44 #44DD8F #4446DD #DD4493

split-complementary

#DDDB44 #4493DD #8F44DD

monochromatic

#8D8B1A #C1BF23 #DDDB44 #E6E578 #F0EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DDDB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB44

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB44	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)

#EDD22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.165 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe581',
    500: '#dddb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb44;
$custom-light: #ebe581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86692,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB44

secondary

#333492

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB44

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

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