#DDDE56#DDDE56

#DDDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE56
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -17.13, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 66.70, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0523 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6215, 68.2881, 18.9479)
Luminance	0.6829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE56 #5756DE

analogous

#DE9B56 #DDDE56 #99DE56

triadic

#DDDE56 #56DDDE #DE56DD

tetradic

#DDDE56 #56DE9B #5756DE #DE5699

square

#DDDE56 #56DE9B #5756DE #DE5699

split-complementary

#DDDE56 #5699DE #9B56DE

monochromatic

#9A9B1E #CDCE28 #DDDE56 #E7E889 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DDDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE56

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE56	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88b',
    500: '#ddde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde56;
$custom-light: #ebe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE56

secondary

#3A399F

accent

#16CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE56

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

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