#DDDE42#DDDE42

#DDDE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.169 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE42
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -18.24, 71.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 74.22, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0575 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.169 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9254, 68.0097, 15.2817)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE42 #4342DE

analogous

#DE9142 #DDDE42 #8FDE42

triadic

#DDDE42 #42DDDE #DE42DD

tetradic

#DDDE42 #42DE91 #4342DE #DE428F

square

#DDDE42 #42DE91 #4342DE #DE428F

split-complementary

#DDDE42 #428FDE #9142DE

monochromatic

#8C8D19 #C0C122 #DDDE42 #E6E776 #F0F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DDDE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE42

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE42	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.169 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe880',
    500: '#ddde42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde42;
$custom-light: #ebe880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87314,
    "c": 0.16949,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE42

secondary

#323292

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE42

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

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