#DDDD44#DDDD44

#DDDD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD44
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -17.65, 70.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 73.16, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0556 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7206, 67.5041, 15.5095)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD44 #4444DD

analogous

#DD9144 #DDDD44 #91DD44

triadic

#DDDD44 #44DDDD #DD44DD

tetradic

#DDDD44 #44DD91 #4444DD #DD4491

square

#DDDD44 #44DD91 #4444DD #DD4491

split-complementary

#DDDD44 #4491DD #9144DD

monochromatic

#8D8D1A #C1C123 #DDDD44 #E6E678 #F0F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DDDD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD44

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD44	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe781',
    500: '#dddd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd44;
$custom-light: #ebe781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87116,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD44

secondary

#333392

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD44

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

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