#DDDE4E#DDDE4E

#DDDE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.162 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE4E
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -17.61, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 69.86, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0545 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.162 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3171, 68.1664, 17.3444)
Luminance	0.6816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE4E #4F4EDE

analogous

#DE974E #DDDE4E #95DE4E

triadic

#DDDE4E #4EDDDE #DE4EDD

tetradic

#DDDE4E #4EDE97 #4F4EDE #DE4E95

square

#DDDE4E #4EDE97 #4F4EDE #DE4E95

split-complementary

#DDDE4E #4E95DE #974EDE

monochromatic

#95961C #C8C926 #DDDE4E #E7E882 #F1F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DDDE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE4E

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE4E	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.162 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe887',
    500: '#ddde4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde4e;
$custom-light: #ebe887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87402,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE4E

secondary

#37369A

accent

#3CEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE4E

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

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