#DDDC4E#DDDC4E

#DDDC4E 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	#DDDC4E
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -16.63, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 69.09, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0518 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.16 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7890, 67.1103, 17.1684)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC4E #4E4FDD

analogous

#DD944E #DDDC4E #96DD4E

triadic

#DDDC4E #4EDDDC #DC4EDD

tetradic

#DDDC4E #4EDD94 #4E4FDD #DD4E96

square

#DDDC4E #4EDD94 #4E4FDD #DD4E96

split-complementary

#DDDC4E #4E96DD #944EDD

monochromatic

#94931C #C7C626 #DDDC4E #E7E681 #F1F0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DDDC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC4E

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC4E	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)

#EDD33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.160 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe687',
    500: '#dddc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc4e;
$custom-light: #ebe687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86979,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC4E

secondary

#363799

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC4E

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

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