#DDDD5B#DDDD5B

#DDDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.151 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD5B
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -16.31, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 64.23, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0495 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.151 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5653, 67.8419, 19.9579)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD5B #5B5BDD

analogous

#DD9C5B #DDDD5B #9CDD5B

triadic

#DDDD5B #5BDDDD #DD5BDD

tetradic

#DDDD5B #5BDD9C #5B5BDD #DD5B9C

square

#DDDD5B #5BDD9C #5B5BDD #DD5B9C

split-complementary

#DDDD5B #5B9CDD #9C5BDD

monochromatic

#9D9D21 #D0D02B #DDDD5B #E8E88E #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DDDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD5B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD5B	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.151 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78e',
    500: '#dddd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd5b;
$custom-light: #eae78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87305,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD5B

secondary

#3B3BA1

accent

#18CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD5B

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

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