#DDDE60#DDDE60

#DDDE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.148 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE60
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -16.45, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 62.52, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0494 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.148 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0530, 68.4607, 21.2202)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE60 #6160DE

analogous

#DEA060 #DDDE60 #9EDE60

triadic

#DDDE60 #60DDDE #DE60DD

tetradic

#DDDE60 #60DEA0 #6160DE #DE609E

square

#DDDE60 #60DEA0 #6160DE #DE609E

split-complementary

#DDDE60 #609EDE #A060DE

monochromatic

#A1A222 #D2D32D #DDDE60 #E8E993 #F3F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DDDE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE60

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE60	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.148 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae892',
    500: '#ddde60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde60;
$custom-light: #eae892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87566,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE60

secondary

#3E3DA5

accent

#18CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE60

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

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