#DDDC52#DDDC52

#DDDC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.157 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC52
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -16.39, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 67.52, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0507 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.157 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9368, 67.1694, 17.9467)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC52 #5253DD

analogous

#DD9652 #DDDC52 #99DD52

triadic

#DDDC52 #52DDDC #DC52DD

tetradic

#DDDC52 #52DD96 #5253DD #DD5299

square

#DDDC52 #52DD96 #5253DD #DD5299

split-complementary

#DDDC52 #5299DD #9652DD

monochromatic

#97961E #CAC928 #DDDC52 #E7E685 #F1F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DDDC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC52

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC52	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.157 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe689',
    500: '#dddc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc52;
$custom-light: #ebe689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87012,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC52

secondary

#38399B

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC52

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

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