#DDDC4D#DDDC4D

#DDDC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.160 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC4D
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -16.69, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 69.47, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.052 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.16 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7535, 67.0960, 16.9810)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC4D #4D4EDD

analogous

#DD944D #DDDC4D #96DD4D

triadic

#DDDC4D #4DDDDC #DC4DDD

tetradic

#DDDC4D #4DDD94 #4D4EDD #DD4D96

square

#DDDC4D #4DDD94 #4D4EDD #DD4D96

split-complementary

#DDDC4D #4D96DD #944DDD

monochromatic

#93931C #C7C626 #DDDC4D #E7E680 #F1F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DDDC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC4D

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC4D	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.160 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe686',
    500: '#dddc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc4d;
$custom-light: #ebe686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86971,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC4D

secondary

#363798

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC4D

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

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