#DDC156#DDC156

#DDC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC156
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -2.47, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 56.27, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0106 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5707, 54.1865, 16.5976)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC156 #5672DD

analogous

#DD7E56 #DDC156 #B5DD56

triadic

#DDC156 #56DDC1 #C156DD

tetradic

#DDC156 #56DD7E #5672DD #DD56B5

square

#DDC156 #56DD7E #5672DD #DD56B5

split-complementary

#DDC156 #56B5DD #7E56DD

monochromatic

#9A801F #CDAB29 #DDC156 #E7D489 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DDC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC156

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC156	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38a',
    500: '#ddc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc156;
$custom-light: #ebd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81447,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC156

secondary

#3A4E9E

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC156

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

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