#DDDC4F#DDDC4F

#DDDC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.159 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC4F
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -16.57, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 68.70, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0515 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.159 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8252, 67.1247, 17.3586)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC4F #4F50DD

analogous

#DD954F #DDDC4F #97DD4F

triadic

#DDDC4F #4FDDDC #DC4FDD

tetradic

#DDDC4F #4FDD95 #4F50DD #DD4F97

square

#DDDC4F #4FDD95 #4F50DD #DD4F97

split-complementary

#DDDC4F #4F97DD #954FDD

monochromatic

#95941D #C8C727 #DDDC4F #E7E682 #F1F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DDDC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC4F

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC4F	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)

#EDD33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.159 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe687',
    500: '#dddc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc4f;
$custom-light: #ebe687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86987,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC4F

secondary

#373899

accent

#3FEA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC4F

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

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