#DDDD53#DDDD53

#DDDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.157 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD53
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -16.83, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 67.51, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0518 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.157 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2384, 67.7112, 18.2364)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD53 #5353DD

analogous

#DD9853 #DDDD53 #98DD53

triadic

#DDDD53 #53DDDD #DD53DD

tetradic

#DDDD53 #53DD98 #5353DD #DD5398

square

#DDDD53 #53DD98 #5353DD #DD5398

split-complementary

#DDDD53 #5398DD #9853DD

monochromatic

#98981E #CBCB28 #DDDD53 #E7E786 #F1F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DDDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD53

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD53	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)

#EED441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.157 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78a',
    500: '#dddd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd53;
$custom-light: #ebe78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87232,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD53

secondary

#38389C

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD53

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

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