#DDDE5A#DDDE5A

#DDDE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.153 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE5A
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -16.87, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 65.05, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0512 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.153 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7872, 68.3544, 19.8205)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE5A #5B5ADE

analogous

#DE9D5A #DDDE5A #9BDE5A

triadic

#DDDE5A #5ADDDE #DE5ADD

tetradic

#DDDE5A #5ADE9D #5B5ADE #DE5A9B

square

#DDDE5A #5ADE9D #5B5ADE #DE5A9B

split-complementary

#DDDE5A #5A9BDE #9D5ADE

monochromatic

#9D9E20 #D0D12A #DDDE5A #E8E88D #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DDDE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE5A

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE5A	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.153 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88e',
    500: '#ddde5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde5a;
$custom-light: #eae88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87507,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE5A

secondary

#3B3BA1

accent

#17CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE5A

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

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