#DDDC79#DDDC79

#DDDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.122 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC79
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -13.36, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 50.30, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0381 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.122 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8644, 67.9404, 28.0984)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC79 #797ADD

analogous

#DDAA79 #DDDC79 #ACDD79

triadic

#DDDC79 #79DDDC #DC79DD

tetradic

#DDDC79 #79DDAA #797ADD #DD79AC

square

#DDDC79 #79DDAA #797ADD #DD79AC

split-complementary

#DDDC79 #79ACDD #AA79DD

monochromatic

#AFAE2C #D1CF48 #DDDC79 #E9E9AA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DDDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC79

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC79	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.122 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6a2',
    500: '#dddc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc79;
$custom-light: #e9e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87445,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC79

secondary

#494AB1

accent

#20C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC79

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

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