#DDDD4E#DDDD4E

#DDDD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD4E
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -17.12, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 69.47, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0532 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0523, 67.6367, 17.2561)
Luminance	0.6764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD4E #4E4EDD

analogous

#DD954E #DDDD4E #95DD4E

triadic

#DDDD4E #4EDDDD #DD4EDD

tetradic

#DDDD4E #4EDD95 #4E4EDD #DD4E95

square

#DDDD4E #4EDD95 #4E4EDD #DD4E95

split-complementary

#DDDD4E #4E95DD #954EDD

monochromatic

#94941C #C7C726 #DDDD4E #E7E781 #F1F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DDDD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD4E

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD4E	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe787',
    500: '#dddd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd4e;
$custom-light: #ebe787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8719,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD4E

secondary

#363699

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD4E

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

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