#DDDE74#DDDE74

#DDDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.129 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE74
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -14.82, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 53.53, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0427 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.129 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0937, 68.8770, 26.7013)
Luminance	0.6888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE74 #7574DE

analogous

#DEAA74 #DDDE74 #A8DE74

triadic

#DDDE74 #74DDDE #DE74DD

tetradic

#DDDE74 #74DEAA #7574DE #DE74A8

square

#DDDE74 #74DEAA #7574DE #DE74A8

split-complementary

#DDDE74 #74A8DE #AA74DE

monochromatic

#ADAE29 #D1D243 #DDDE74 #E9EAA5 #F5F5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#DDDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE74

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE74	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.129 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e89e',
    500: '#ddde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde74;
$custom-light: #e9e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.566,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87797,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE74

secondary

#4746B0

accent

#1CC91E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE74

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

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