#DDDE53#DDDE53

#DDDE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.158 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE53
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -17.32, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 67.90, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0532 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.158 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5032, 68.2408, 18.3246)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE53 #5453DE

analogous

#DE9A53 #DDDE53 #97DE53

triadic

#DDDE53 #53DDDE #DE53DD

tetradic

#DDDE53 #53DE9A #5453DE #DE5397

square

#DDDE53 #53DE9A #5453DE #DE5397

split-complementary

#DDDE53 #5397DE #9A53DE

monochromatic

#98991D #CBCD27 #DDDE53 #E7E886 #F1F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DDDE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE53

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE53	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.158 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88a',
    500: '#ddde53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde53;
$custom-light: #ebe88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87443,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE53

secondary

#39389D

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE53

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

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