#DDDE65#DDDE65

#DDDE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.143 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE65
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -16.07, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 60.34, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0478 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2906, 68.5557, 22.4714)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE65 #6665DE

analogous

#DEA265 #DDDE65 #A0DE65

triadic

#DDDE65 #65DDDE #DE65DD

tetradic

#DDDE65 #65DEA2 #6665DE #DE65A0

square

#DDDE65 #65DEA2 #6665DE #DE65A0

split-complementary

#DDDE65 #65A0DE #A265DE

monochromatic

#A4A523 #D2D333 #DDDE65 #E8E997 #F3F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DDDE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE65

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE65	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.143 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae895',
    500: '#ddde65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde65;
$custom-light: #eae895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87619,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE65

secondary

#403FA8

accent

#19CD1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE65

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

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