#DDC355#DDC355

#DDC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC355
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -3.58, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 57.33, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0138 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.9758, 55.0607, 16.5353)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC355 #556FDD

analogous

#DD7F55 #DDC355 #B3DD55

triadic

#DDC355 #55DDC3 #C355DD

tetradic

#DDC355 #55DD7F #556FDD #DD55B3

square

#DDC355 #55DD7F #556FDD #DD55B3

split-complementary

#DDC355 #55B3DD #7F55DD

monochromatic

#99821F #CCAD29 #DDC355 #E7D588 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DDC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC355

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC355	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd489',
    500: '#ddc355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc355;
$custom-light: #ebd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81844,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.55058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC355

secondary

#394C9D

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC355

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

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