#DDDD5D#DDDD5D

#DDDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD5D
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -16.17, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 63.39, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0489 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6527, 67.8769, 20.4184)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD5D #5D5DDD

analogous

#DD9D5D #DDDD5D #9DDD5D

triadic

#DDDD5D #5DDDDD #DD5DDD

tetradic

#DDDD5D #5DDD9D #5D5DDD #DD5D9D

square

#DDDD5D #5DDD9D #5D5DDD #DD5D9D

split-complementary

#DDDD5D #5D9DDD #9D5DDD

monochromatic

#9E9E21 #D1D12C #DDDD5D #E8E890 #F2F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DDDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD5D

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD5D	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae790',
    500: '#dddd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd5d;
$custom-light: #eae790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87325,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD5D

secondary

#3C3CA2

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD5D

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

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