#DDDC3A#DDDC3A

#DDDC3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.172 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC3A
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -17.62, 74.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 76.13, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0564 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.172 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.1778, 66.8658, 13.9493)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC3A #3A3BDD

analogous

#DD8B3A #DDDC3A #8DDD3A

triadic

#DDDC3A #3ADDDC #DC3ADD

tetradic

#DDDC3A #3ADD8B #3A3BDD #DD3A8D

square

#DDDC3A #3ADD8B #3A3BDD #DD3A8D

split-complementary

#DDDC3A #3A8DDD #8B3ADD

monochromatic

#868517 #BAB920 #DDDC3A #E6E56E #EFEFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DDDC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC3A

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC3A	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece67c',
    500: '#dddc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc3a;
$custom-light: #ece67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.632,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86841,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC3A

secondary

#2F308C

accent

#3CED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC3A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →