#DDDD26#DDDD26

#DDDD26 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.182 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD26
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -18.78, 79.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 81.88, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0611 0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.182 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0273, 67.2268, 11.8581)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD26 #2626DD

analogous

#DD8126 #DDDD26 #81DD26

triadic

#DDDD26 #26DDDD #DD26DD

tetradic

#DDDD26 #26DD81 #2626DD #DD2681

square

#DDDD26 #26DD81 #2626DD #DD2681

split-complementary

#DDDD26 #2681DD #8126DD

monochromatic

#767613 #ABAB1B #DDDD26 #E5E55B #EEEE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DDDD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD26

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD26	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.182 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece774',
    500: '#dddd26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd26;
$custom-light: #ece774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.908,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.18173,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD26

secondary

#29297E

accent

#38F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF1

border

#D6D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD26

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

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