#DDC155#DDC155

#DDC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC155
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -2.54, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 56.71, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0109 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5307, 54.1705, 16.3869)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC155 #5571DD

analogous

#DD7D55 #DDC155 #B5DD55

triadic

#DDC155 #55DDC1 #C155DD

tetradic

#DDC155 #55DD7D #5571DD #DD55B5

square

#DDC155 #55DD7D #5571DD #DD55B5

split-complementary

#DDC155 #55B5DD #7D55DD

monochromatic

#99801F #CCAA29 #DDC155 #E7D488 #F1E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DDC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC155

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC155	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd389',
    500: '#ddc155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc155;
$custom-light: #ebd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81437,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC155

secondary

#394E9D

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC155

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

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