#DDDC3B#DDDC3B

#DDDC3B 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	#DDDC3B
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -17.57, 73.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 75.82, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0562 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.172 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2035, 66.8761, 14.0846)
Luminance	0.6687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC3B #3B3CDD

analogous

#DD8B3B #DDDC3B #8DDD3B

triadic

#DDDC3B #3BDDDC #DC3BDD

tetradic

#DDDC3B #3BDD8B #3B3CDD #DD3B8D

square

#DDDC3B #3BDD8B #3B3CDD #DD3B8D

split-complementary

#DDDC3B #3B8DDD #8B3BDD

monochromatic

#868617 #BABA20 #DDDC3B #E6E56F #EFEFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DDDC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC3B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC3B	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)

#EED317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece67d',
    500: '#dddc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc3b;
$custom-light: #ece67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.63,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86846,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC3B

secondary

#30308C

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC3B

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

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