#DDC256#DDC256

#DDC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC256
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -2.99, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 56.58, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0121 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7925, 54.6301, 16.6715)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC256 #5671DD

analogous

#DD7E56 #DDC256 #B4DD56

triadic

#DDC256 #56DDC2 #C256DD

tetradic

#DDC256 #56DD7E #5671DD #DD56B4

square

#DDC256 #56DD7E #5671DD #DD56B4

split-complementary

#DDC256 #56B4DD #7E56DD

monochromatic

#9A811F #CDAC29 #DDC256 #E7D489 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DDC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC256

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC256	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#ddc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc256;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC256

secondary

#3A4E9E

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC256

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

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