#DDDE73#DDDE73

#DDDE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.130 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE73
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -14.91, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 54.00, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.043 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.13 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0358, 68.8539, 26.3966)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE73 #7473DE

analogous

#DEA973 #DDDE73 #A7DE73

triadic

#DDDE73 #73DDDE #DE73DD

tetradic

#DDDE73 #73DEA9 #7473DE #DE73A7

square

#DDDE73 #73DEA9 #7473DE #DE73A7

split-complementary

#DDDE73 #73A7DE #A973DE

monochromatic

#ACAE29 #D1D241 #DDDE73 #E9EAA5 #F5F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DDDE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE73

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE73	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)

#EDD669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.130 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e89e',
    500: '#ddde73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde73;
$custom-light: #e9e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87785,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE73

secondary

#4746B0

accent

#1CCA1E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE73

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

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