#DDC456#DDC456

#DDC456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC456
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -4.02, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 57.21, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.015 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2406, 55.5263, 16.8209)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC456 #566FDD

analogous

#DD8156 #DDC456 #B2DD56

triadic

#DDC456 #56DDC4 #C456DD

tetradic

#DDC456 #56DD81 #566FDD #DD56B2

square

#DDC456 #56DD81 #566FDD #DD56B2

split-complementary

#DDC456 #56B2DD #8156DD

monochromatic

#9A831F #CDAE29 #DDC456 #E7D689 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DDC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC456

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC456	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58a',
    500: '#ddc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc456;
$custom-light: #ebd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82059,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC456

secondary

#3A4C9E

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC456

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

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