#DDDE55#DDDE55

#DDDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE55
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -17.19, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 67.10, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0526 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5815, 68.2721, 18.7372)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE55 #5655DE

analogous

#DE9A55 #DDDE55 #98DE55

triadic

#DDDE55 #55DDDE #DE55DD

tetradic

#DDDE55 #55DE9A #5655DE #DE5598

square

#DDDE55 #55DE9A #5655DE #DE5598

split-complementary

#DDDE55 #5598DE #9A55DE

monochromatic

#9A9B1E #CDCE28 #DDDE55 #E7E888 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DDDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE55

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE55	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)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88b',
    500: '#ddde55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde55;
$custom-light: #ebe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87461,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE55

secondary

#3A399E

accent

#16CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE55

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

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