#DDC455#DDC455

#DDC455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC455
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -4.09, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 57.65, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0153 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2006, 55.5103, 16.6102)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC455 #556EDD

analogous

#DD8055 #DDC455 #B2DD55

triadic

#DDC455 #55DDC4 #C455DD

tetradic

#DDC455 #55DD80 #556EDD #DD55B2

square

#DDC455 #55DD80 #556EDD #DD55B2

split-complementary

#DDC455 #55B2DD #8055DD

monochromatic

#99831F #CCAE29 #DDC455 #E7D688 #F1E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DDC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC455

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC455	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd589',
    500: '#ddc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc455;
$custom-light: #ebd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82049,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC455

secondary

#394B9D

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC455

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

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