#DDDE5C#DDDE5C

#DDDE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.151 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE5C
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -16.73, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 64.22, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0506 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.151 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8735, 68.3889, 20.2749)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE5C #5D5CDE

analogous

#DE9E5C #DDDE5C #9CDE5C

triadic

#DDDE5C #5CDDDE #DE5CDD

tetradic

#DDDE5C #5CDE9E #5D5CDE #DE5C9C

square

#DDDE5C #5CDE9E #5D5CDE #DE5C9C

split-complementary

#DDDE5C #5C9CDE #9E5CDE

monochromatic

#9E9F20 #D1D22B #DDDE5C #E8E88F #F2F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DDDE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE5C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE5C	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.151 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88f',
    500: '#ddde5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde5c;
$custom-light: #eae88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87526,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE5C

secondary

#3C3CA3

accent

#17CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE5C

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

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