#DDDC5E#DDDC5E

#DDDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC5E
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -15.60, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 62.55, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0472 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4340, 67.3683, 20.5654)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC5E #5E5FDD

analogous

#DD9D5E #DDDC5E #9EDD5E

triadic

#DDDC5E #5EDDDC #DC5EDD

tetradic

#DDDC5E #5EDD9D #5E5FDD #DD5E9E

square

#DDDC5E #5EDD9D #5E5FDD #DD5E9E

split-complementary

#DDDC5E #5E9EDD #9D5EDD

monochromatic

#9F9E22 #D2D02C #DDDC5E #E8E791 #F2F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DDDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC5E

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC5E	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)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae690',
    500: '#dddc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc5e;
$custom-light: #eae690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87124,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC5E

secondary

#3D3EA2

accent

#1ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC5E

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

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