#DDDE52#DDDE52

#DDDE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.159 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE52
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -17.38, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 68.30, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0535 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.159 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4649, 68.2255, 18.1228)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE52 #5352DE

analogous

#DE9952 #DDDE52 #97DE52

triadic

#DDDE52 #52DDDE #DE52DD

tetradic

#DDDE52 #52DE99 #5352DE #DE5297

square

#DDDE52 #52DE99 #5352DE #DE5297

split-complementary

#DDDE52 #5297DE #9952DE

monochromatic

#98991D #CBCC27 #DDDE52 #E7E885 #F1F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DDDE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE52

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE52	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)

#EFD540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.159 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#ddde52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde52;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87435,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE52

secondary

#38389D

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE52

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

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