#DDDE5B#DDDE5B

#DDDE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.152 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE5B
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -16.80, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 64.64, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0509 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.152 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8301, 68.3716, 20.0462)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE5B #5C5BDE

analogous

#DE9E5B #DDDE5B #9CDE5B

triadic

#DDDE5B #5BDDDE #DE5BDD

tetradic

#DDDE5B #5BDE9E #5C5BDE #DE5B9C

square

#DDDE5B #5BDE9E #5C5BDE #DE5B9C

split-complementary

#DDDE5B #5B9CDE #9E5BDE

monochromatic

#9E9F20 #D0D22A #DDDE5B #E8E88E #F2F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DDDE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE5B

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE5B	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)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.152 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88e',
    500: '#ddde5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde5b;
$custom-light: #eae88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87516,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE5B

secondary

#3C3BA2

accent

#17CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE5B

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

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