#DDDE45#DDDE45

#DDDE45 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	#DDDE45
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -18.10, 70.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 73.18, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0568 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.168 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0162, 68.0460, 15.7598)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE45 #4645DE

analogous

#DE9345 #DDDE45 #91DE45

triadic

#DDDE45 #45DDDE #DE45DD

tetradic

#DDDE45 #45DE93 #4645DE #DE4591

square

#DDDE45 #45DE93 #4645DE #DE4591

split-complementary

#DDDE45 #4591DE #9345DE

monochromatic

#8E8F19 #C2C323 #DDDE45 #E7E779 #F0F0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DDDE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE45

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE45	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)

#EFD52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.168 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe882',
    500: '#ddde45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde45;
$custom-light: #ebe882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87334,
    "c": 0.16765,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE45

secondary

#343394

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE45

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

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