#DDC558#DDC558

#DDC558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC558
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -4.40, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 56.65, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0159 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.131 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.5486, 56.0116, 17.3267)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC558 #5870DD

analogous

#DD8258 #DDC558 #B2DD58

triadic

#DDC558 #58DDC5 #C558DD

tetradic

#DDC558 #58DD82 #5870DD #DD58B2

square

#DDC558 #58DD82 #5870DD #DD58B2

split-complementary

#DDC558 #58B2DD #8258DD

monochromatic

#9B8520 #CEB02A #DDC558 #E7D78B #F2E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DDC558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC558

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC558	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)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68b',
    500: '#ddc558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc558;
$custom-light: #ebd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82284,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC558

secondary

#3A4C9F

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC558

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

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