#DDDC42#DDDC42

#DDDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.168 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC42
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -17.26, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 73.49, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0547 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.168 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3974, 66.9536, 15.1057)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC42 #4243DD

analogous

#DD8F42 #DDDC42 #91DD42

triadic

#DDDC42 #42DDDC #DC42DD

tetradic

#DDDC42 #42DD8F #4243DD #DD4291

square

#DDDC42 #42DD8F #4243DD #DD4291

split-complementary

#DDDC42 #4291DD #8F42DD

monochromatic

#8C8B19 #BFBE22 #DDDC42 #E6E676 #F0EFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DDDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC42

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC42	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)

#EED327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.168 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe680',
    500: '#dddc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc42;
$custom-light: #ebe680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8689,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC42

secondary

#323391

accent

#3DEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC42

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

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