#DDDC5B#DDDC5B

#DDDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.150 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC5B
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -15.81, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 63.83, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0481 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.15 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3020, 67.3155, 19.8702)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC5B #5B5CDD

analogous

#DD9B5B #DDDC5B #9DDD5B

triadic

#DDDC5B #5BDDDC #DC5BDD

tetradic

#DDDC5B #5BDD9B #5B5CDD #DD5B9D

square

#DDDC5B #5BDD9B #5B5CDD #DD5B9D

split-complementary

#DDDC5B #5B9DDD #9B5BDD

monochromatic

#9D9C21 #D0CE2B #DDDC5B #E8E78E #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DDDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC5B

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC5B	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.150 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68e',
    500: '#dddc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc5b;
$custom-light: #eae68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87094,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC5B

secondary

#3B3CA1

accent

#19CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC5B

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

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