#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
RGBrgb(221, 220, 66)
HSLhsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(60, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(85.48, -17.26, 71.43)
CIE-LCHlch(85.48, 73.49, 103.58°)
OKLaboklab(86.89% -0.0547 0.1584)
OKLCHoklch(86.89% 0.168 109.1)
XYZxyz(56.3974, 66.9536, 15.1057)
Luminance0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDDC421.001.4614.3914.39
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3921.001.001.00
##00000014.3921.001.001.00

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

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#DDDC42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva