#DDDC5C#DDDC5C

#DDDC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC5C
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -15.74, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 63.41, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0478 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3455, 67.3328, 20.0989)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC5C #5C5DDD

analogous

#DD9C5C #DDDC5C #9EDD5C

triadic

#DDDC5C #5CDDDC #DC5CDD

tetradic

#DDDC5C #5CDD9C #5C5DDD #DD5C9E

square

#DDDC5C #5CDD9C #5C5DDD #DD5C9E

split-complementary

#DDDC5C #5C9EDD #9C5CDD

monochromatic

#9E9D21 #D0CF2B #DDDC5C #E8E78F #F2F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DDDC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC5C

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC5C	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68f',
    500: '#dddc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc5c;
$custom-light: #eae68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87104,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC5C

secondary

#3C3DA1

accent

#1ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC5C

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

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