#DDC555#DDC555

#DDC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC555
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -4.61, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 57.97, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0168 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4269, 55.9629, 16.6856)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC555 #556DDD

analogous

#DD8155 #DDC555 #B1DD55

triadic

#DDC555 #55DDC5 #C555DD

tetradic

#DDC555 #55DD81 #556DDD #DD55B1

square

#DDC555 #55DD81 #556DDD #DD55B1

split-complementary

#DDC555 #55B1DD #8155DD

monochromatic

#99831F #CCAF29 #DDC555 #E7D688 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DDC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC555

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC555	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd689',
    500: '#ddc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc555;
$custom-light: #ebd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82253,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC555

secondary

#394B9D

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC555

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

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