#DDDE5E#DDDE5E

#DDDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.149 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE5E
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -16.59, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 63.37, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.05 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.149 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9621, 68.4244, 20.7414)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE5E #5F5EDE

analogous

#DE9F5E #DDDE5E #9DDE5E

triadic

#DDDE5E #5EDDDE #DE5EDD

tetradic

#DDDE5E #5EDE9F #5F5EDE #DE5E9D

square

#DDDE5E #5EDE9F #5F5EDE #DE5E9D

split-complementary

#DDDE5E #5E9DDE #9F5EDE

monochromatic

#A0A121 #D2D32B #DDDE5E #E8E891 #F2F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DDDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE5E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE5E	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)

#EED550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.149 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae890',
    500: '#ddde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde5e;
$custom-light: #eae890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87546,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE5E

secondary

#3D3CA4

accent

#18CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE5E

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

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