#DDDC3E#DDDC3E

#DDDC3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.170 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC3E
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -17.44, 72.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 74.84, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0556 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.17 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2836, 66.9081, 14.5062)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC3E #3E3FDD

analogous

#DD8D3E #DDDC3E #8EDD3E

triadic

#DDDC3E #3EDDDC #DC3EDD

tetradic

#DDDC3E #3EDD8D #3E3FDD #DD3E8E

square

#DDDC3E #3EDD8D #3E3FDD #DD3E8E

split-complementary

#DDDC3E #3E8EDD #8D3EDD

monochromatic

#898818 #BDBC21 #DDDC3E #E6E572 #EFEFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DDDC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC3E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC3E	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.170 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe67e',
    500: '#dddc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc3e;
$custom-light: #ebe67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC3E

secondary

#31318E

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC3E

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

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