#DDDD52#DDDD52

#DDDD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.158 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD52
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -16.89, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 67.91, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0521 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.158 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2001, 67.6959, 18.0345)
Luminance	0.6769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD52 #5252DD

analogous

#DD9852 #DDDD52 #98DD52

triadic

#DDDD52 #52DDDD #DD52DD

tetradic

#DDDD52 #52DD98 #5252DD #DD5298

square

#DDDD52 #52DD98 #5252DD #DD5298

split-complementary

#DDDD52 #5298DD #9852DD

monochromatic

#97971E #CACA28 #DDDD52 #E7E785 #F1F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DDDD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD52

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD52	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.158 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe789',
    500: '#dddd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd52;
$custom-light: #ebe789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87223,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD52

secondary

#38389B

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD52

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

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