#DDDB55#DDDB55

#DDDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB55
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -15.71, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 65.92, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0485 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7918, 66.6927, 18.4739)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB55 #5557DD

analogous

#DD9755 #DDDB55 #9BDD55

triadic

#DDDB55 #55DDDB #DB55DD

tetradic

#DDDB55 #55DD97 #5557DD #DD559B

square

#DDDB55 #55DD97 #5557DD #DD559B

split-complementary

#DDDB55 #559BDD #9755DD

monochromatic

#99971F #CCCA29 #DDDB55 #E7E688 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DDDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB55

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB55	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#dddb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb55;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86827,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB55

secondary

#393B9D

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB55

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

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