#DDDC40#DDDC40

#DDDC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.169 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC40
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -17.35, 72.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 74.17, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0552 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.169 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3395, 66.9304, 14.8006)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC40 #4041DD

analogous

#DD8D40 #DDDC40 #8FDD40

triadic

#DDDC40 #40DDDC #DC40DD

tetradic

#DDDC40 #40DD8D #4041DD #DD408F

square

#DDDC40 #40DD8D #4041DD #DD408F

split-complementary

#DDDC40 #408FDD #8D40DD

monochromatic

#8A8919 #BEBD22 #DDDC40 #E6E674 #EFEFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DDDC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC40

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC40	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.169 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe67f',
    500: '#dddc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc40;
$custom-light: #ebe67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86877,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC40

secondary

#313290

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC40

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

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