#DDED72#DDED72

#DDED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.149 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED72
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -22.32, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 61.25, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0642 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.149 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1412, 77.1562, 27.4827)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED72 #8272ED

analogous

#EDC072 #DDED72 #A0ED72

triadic

#DDED72 #72DDED #ED72DD

tetradic

#DDED72 #72EDC0 #8272ED #ED72A0

square

#DDED72 #72EDC0 #8272ED #ED72A0

split-complementary

#DDED72 #72A0ED #C072ED

monochromatic

#B4CB1A #D0E63C #DDED72 #EAF4A8 #F7FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#DDED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED72

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED72	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.149 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf29e',
    500: '#dded72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded72;
$custom-light: #eaf29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.805,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90944,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED72

secondary

#4F3EC6

accent

#0CDA27

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED72

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

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