#DDDE62#DDDE62

#DDDE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.146 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE62
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -16.30, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 61.65, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0487 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.146 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1462, 68.4980, 21.7114)
Luminance	0.6850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE62 #6362DE

analogous

#DEA162 #DDDE62 #9FDE62

triadic

#DDDE62 #62DDDE #DE62DD

tetradic

#DDDE62 #62DEA1 #6362DE #DE629F

square

#DDDE62 #62DEA1 #6362DE #DE629F

split-complementary

#DDDE62 #629FDE #A162DE

monochromatic

#A2A322 #D2D32F #DDDE62 #E8E995 #F3F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DDDE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE62

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE62	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.146 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae893',
    500: '#ddde62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde62;
$custom-light: #eae893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87587,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE62

secondary

#3F3EA6

accent

#18CD1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE62

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

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