#DDC356#DDC356

#DDC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC356
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -3.51, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 56.89, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0135 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0158, 55.0767, 16.7460)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC356 #5670DD

analogous

#DD7F56 #DDC356 #B4DD56

triadic

#DDC356 #56DDC3 #C356DD

tetradic

#DDC356 #56DD7F #5670DD #DD56B4

square

#DDC356 #56DD7F #5670DD #DD56B4

split-complementary

#DDC356 #56B4DD #7F56DD

monochromatic

#9A821F #CDAD29 #DDC356 #E7D589 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DDC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC356

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC356	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#ddc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc356;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81855,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC356

secondary

#3A4D9E

accent

#3ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC356

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

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