#DDDB5B#DDDB5B

#DDDB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB5B
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -15.32, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 63.43, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0467 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0404, 66.7921, 19.7830)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB5B #5B5DDD

analogous

#DD9A5B #DDDB5B #9EDD5B

triadic

#DDDB5B #5BDDDB #DB5BDD

tetradic

#DDDB5B #5BDD9A #5B5DDD #DD5B9E

square

#DDDB5B #5BDD9A #5B5DDD #DD5B9E

split-complementary

#DDDB5B #5B9EDD #9A5BDD

monochromatic

#9D9B21 #D0CD2B #DDDB5B #E8E68E #F2F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DDDB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB5B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB5B	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58e',
    500: '#dddb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb5b;
$custom-light: #eae58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86884,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB5B

secondary

#3B3DA1

accent

#1BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB5B

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

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