#DDC056#DDC056

#DDC056 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC056
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -1.95, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 55.96, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0091 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.129 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.3504, 53.7458, 16.5242)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC056 #5673DD

analogous

#DD7C56 #DDC056 #B6DD56

triadic

#DDC056 #56DDC0 #C056DD

tetradic

#DDC056 #56DD7C #5673DD #DD56B6

square

#DDC056 #56DD7C #5673DD #DD56B6

split-complementary

#DDC056 #56B6DD #7C56DD

monochromatic

#9A7F1F #CDAA29 #DDC056 #E7D389 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DDC056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC056

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC056	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)

#D2BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#ddc056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc056;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81244,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.53743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC056

secondary

#3A4F9E

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC056

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

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