#DDED73#DDED73

#DDED73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.148 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED73
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 115)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -22.23, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 60.81, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0638 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.148 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1985, 77.1791, 27.7841)
Luminance	0.7718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED73 #8373ED

analogous

#EDC073 #DDED73 #A0ED73

triadic

#DDED73 #73DDED #ED73DD

tetradic

#DDED73 #73EDC0 #8373ED #ED73A0

square

#DDED73 #73EDC0 #8373ED #ED73A0

split-complementary

#DDED73 #73A0ED #C073ED

monochromatic

#B4CB1A #D0E63D #DDED73 #EAF4A9 #F7FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDED73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#DDED73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED73

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED73	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.148 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf29e',
    500: '#dded73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded73;
$custom-light: #eaf29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90956,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED73

secondary

#503FC6

accent

#0CD927

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED73

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

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