#DDDD79#DDDD79

#DDDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.123 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD79
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -13.86, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 50.74, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0395 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.123 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1276, 68.4669, 28.1862)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD79 #7979DD

analogous

#DDAB79 #DDDD79 #ABDD79

triadic

#DDDD79 #79DDDD #DD79DD

tetradic

#DDDD79 #79DDAB #7979DD #DD79AB

square

#DDDD79 #79DDAB #7979DD #DD79AB

split-complementary

#DDDD79 #79ABDD #AB79DD

monochromatic

#AFAF2C #D1D148 #DDDD79 #E9E9AA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DDDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD79

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD79	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.123 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7a2',
    500: '#dddd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd79;
$custom-light: #e9e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87654,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD79

secondary

#4949B1

accent

#1EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD79

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

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