#DDDE50#DDDE50

#DDDE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.160 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE50
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -17.50, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 69.08, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.054 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.16 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3899, 68.1955, 17.7278)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE50 #5150DE

analogous

#DE9850 #DDDE50 #96DE50

triadic

#DDDE50 #50DDDE #DE50DD

tetradic

#DDDE50 #50DE98 #5150DE #DE5096

square

#DDDE50 #50DE98 #5150DE #DE5096

split-complementary

#DDDE50 #5096DE #9850DE

monochromatic

#96971C #C9CB26 #DDDE50 #E7E883 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DDDE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE50

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE50	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)

#EFD53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.160 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe888',
    500: '#ddde50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde50;
$custom-light: #ebe888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87418,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE50

secondary

#38379B

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE50

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

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