#DDC554#DDC554

#DDC554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC554
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -4.67, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 58.41, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0171 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3875, 55.9471, 16.4779)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC554 #546CDD

analogous

#DD8154 #DDC554 #B1DD54

triadic

#DDC554 #54DDC5 #C554DD

tetradic

#DDC554 #54DD81 #546CDD #DD54B1

square

#DDC554 #54DD81 #546CDD #DD54B1

split-complementary

#DDC554 #54B1DD #8154DD

monochromatic

#98831E #CBAF28 #DDC554 #E7D687 #F1E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DDC554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC554

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC554	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd689',
    500: '#ddc554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc554;
$custom-light: #ebd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC554

secondary

#394A9C

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC554

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

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