#DDDE4B#DDDE4B

#DDDE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.164 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE4B
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -17.78, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 70.99, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0553 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.164 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2120, 68.1243, 16.7908)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE4B #4C4BDE

analogous

#DE954B #DDDE4B #93DE4B

triadic

#DDDE4B #4BDDDE #DE4BDD

tetradic

#DDDE4B #4BDE95 #4C4BDE #DE4B93

square

#DDDE4B #4BDE95 #4C4BDE #DE4B93

split-complementary

#DDDE4B #4B93DE #954BDE

monochromatic

#93941B #C6C725 #DDDE4B #E7E77F #F1F1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DDDE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE4B

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE4B	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.164 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe885',
    500: '#ddde4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde4b;
$custom-light: #ebe885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87378,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE4B

secondary

#363598

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE4B

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

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