#DDDE72#DDDE72

#DDDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.131 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE72
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -15.00, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 54.46, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0434 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.131 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9786, 68.8310, 26.0952)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE72 #7372DE

analogous

#DEA972 #DDDE72 #A7DE72

triadic

#DDDE72 #72DDDE #DE72DD

tetradic

#DDDE72 #72DEA9 #7372DE #DE72A7

square

#DDDE72 #72DEA9 #7372DE #DE72A7

split-complementary

#DDDE72 #72A7DE #A972DE

monochromatic

#ACAD29 #D1D240 #DDDE72 #E9EAA4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DDDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE72

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE72	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.131 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e89d',
    500: '#ddde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde72;
$custom-light: #e9e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87772,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE72

secondary

#4645AF

accent

#1CCA1D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE72

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

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