#DDDE4F#DDDE4F

#DDDE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.161 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE4F
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -17.56, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 69.47, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0543 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.161 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3532, 68.1808, 17.5346)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE4F #504FDE

analogous

#DE984F #DDDE4F #96DE4F

triadic

#DDDE4F #4FDDDE #DE4FDD

tetradic

#DDDE4F #4FDE98 #504FDE #DE4F96

square

#DDDE4F #4FDE98 #504FDE #DE4F96

split-complementary

#DDDE4F #4F96DE #984FDE

monochromatic

#96961C #C9CA26 #DDDE4F #E7E883 #F1F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DDDE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE4F

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE4F	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.161 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe887',
    500: '#ddde4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde4f;
$custom-light: #ebe887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE4F

secondary

#37379B

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE4F

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

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