#DDC556#DDC556

#DDC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC556
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -4.54, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 57.54, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0165 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.133 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4669, 55.9789, 16.8963)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC556 #566EDD

analogous

#DD8156 #DDC556 #B2DD56

triadic

#DDC556 #56DDC5 #C556DD

tetradic

#DDC556 #56DD81 #566EDD #DD56B2

square

#DDC556 #56DD81 #566EDD #DD56B2

split-complementary

#DDC556 #56B2DD #8156DD

monochromatic

#9A841F #CDB029 #DDC556 #E7D689 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DDC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC556

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC556	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68a',
    500: '#ddc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc556;
$custom-light: #ebd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC556

secondary

#3A4B9E

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC556

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

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