#DDDE5D#DDDE5D

#DDDE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.150 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE5D
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -16.66, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 63.80, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0503 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.15 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9175, 68.4065, 20.5066)
Luminance	0.6841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE5D #5E5DDE

analogous

#DE9F5D #DDDE5D #9DDE5D

triadic

#DDDE5D #5DDDDE #DE5DDD

tetradic

#DDDE5D #5DDE9F #5E5DDE #DE5D9D

square

#DDDE5D #5DDE9F #5E5DDE #DE5D9D

split-complementary

#DDDE5D #5D9DDE #9F5DDE

monochromatic

#9FA021 #D2D32B #DDDE5D #E8E890 #F2F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DDDE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE5D

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE5D	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)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.150 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae890',
    500: '#ddde5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde5d;
$custom-light: #eae890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87536,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE5D

secondary

#3D3CA3

accent

#17CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE5D

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

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