#DDEA72#DDEA72

#DDEA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.145 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA72
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -20.87, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 59.86, 110.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0601 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.145 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2799, 75.4336, 27.1956)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA72 #7F72EA

analogous

#EABB72 #DDEA72 #A1EA72

triadic

#DDEA72 #72DDEA #EA72DD

tetradic

#DDEA72 #72EABB #7F72EA #EA72A1

square

#DDEA72 #72EABB #7F72EA #EA72A1

split-complementary

#DDEA72 #72A1EA #BB72EA

monochromatic

#B2C41D #D0E23D #DDEA72 #EAF2A7 #F7FADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DDEA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA72

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA72	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.145 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf09e',
    500: '#ddea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea72;
$custom-light: #eaf09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90306,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA72

secondary

#4D3EC2

accent

#0FD625

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA72

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

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