#DDDD77#DDDD77

#DDDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.125 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD77
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -14.05, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 51.69, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0402 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.125 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0062, 68.4183, 27.5469)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD77 #7777DD

analogous

#DDAA77 #DDDD77 #AADD77

triadic

#DDDD77 #77DDDD #DD77DD

tetradic

#DDDD77 #77DDAA #7777DD #DD77AA

square

#DDDD77 #77DDAA #7777DD #DD77AA

split-complementary

#DDDD77 #77AADD #AA77DD

monochromatic

#AEAE2C #D1D146 #DDDD77 #E9E9A8 #F5F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DDDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD77

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD77	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.125 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7a0',
    500: '#dddd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd77;
$custom-light: #e9e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87627,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD77

secondary

#4848B0

accent

#1EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD77

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

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