#DDDE44#DDDE44

#DDDE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.168 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE44
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -18.14, 71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 73.53, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.057 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.168 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9854, 68.0337, 15.5977)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE44 #4544DE

analogous

#DE9244 #DDDE44 #90DE44

triadic

#DDDE44 #44DDDE #DE44DD

tetradic

#DDDE44 #44DE92 #4544DE #DE4490

square

#DDDE44 #44DE92 #4544DE #DE4490

split-complementary

#DDDE44 #4490DE #9244DE

monochromatic

#8E8E19 #C1C222 #DDDE44 #E6E778 #F0F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DDDE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE44

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE44	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.168 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe881',
    500: '#ddde44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde44;
$custom-light: #ebe881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.39,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87328,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE44

secondary

#333394

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE44

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

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