#DDDC4A#DDDC4A

#DDDC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.162 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC4A
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -16.85, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 70.61, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0528 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.162 109)
XYZ	xyz(56.6500, 67.0546, 16.4360)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC4A #4A4BDD

analogous

#DD934A #DDDC4A #94DD4A

triadic

#DDDC4A #4ADDDC #DC4ADD

tetradic

#DDDC4A #4ADD93 #4A4BDD #DD4A94

square

#DDDC4A #4ADD93 #4A4BDD #DD4A94

split-complementary

#DDDC4A #4A94DD #934ADD

monochromatic

#91911B #C5C425 #DDDC4A #E7E67E #F0F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DDDC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC4A

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC4A	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.162 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe684',
    500: '#dddc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc4a;
$custom-light: #ebe684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86947,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC4A

secondary

#353696

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC4A

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

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