#DDDD72#DDDD72

#DDDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.130 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD72
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -14.50, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 54.02, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.042 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.13 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7138, 68.3014, 26.0069)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD72 #7272DD

analogous

#DDA772 #DDDD72 #A7DD72

triadic

#DDDD72 #72DDDD #DD72DD

tetradic

#DDDD72 #72DDA7 #7272DD #DD72A7

square

#DDDD72 #72DDA7 #7272DD #DD72A7

split-complementary

#DDDD72 #72A7DD #A772DD

monochromatic

#ABAB29 #D1D141 #DDDD72 #E9E9A3 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DDDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD72

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD72	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.130 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e79d',
    500: '#dddd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd72;
$custom-light: #e9e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87562,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD72

secondary

#4646AE

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD72

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

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