#DDC055#DDC055

#DDC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC055
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -2.02, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 56.40, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0094 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3104, 53.7298, 16.3135)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC055 #5572DD

analogous

#DD7C55 #DDC055 #B6DD55

triadic

#DDC055 #55DDC0 #C055DD

tetradic

#DDC055 #55DD7C #5572DD #DD55B6

square

#DDC055 #55DD7C #5572DD #DD55B6

split-complementary

#DDC055 #55B6DD #7C55DD

monochromatic

#997F1F #CCA929 #DDC055 #E7D388 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DDC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC055

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC055	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#ddc055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc055;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81234,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC055

secondary

#394E9D

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC055

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

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