#DDC56D#DDC56D

#DDC56D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.112 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC56D
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -2.77, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 46.94, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0088 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.112 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5472, 56.4110, 22.5856)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC56D #6D85DD

analogous

#DD8D6D #DDC56D #BDDD6D

triadic

#DDC56D #6DDDC5 #C56DDD

tetradic

#DDC56D #6DDD8D #6D85DD #DD6DBD

square

#DDC56D #6DDD8D #6D85DD #DD6DBD

split-complementary

#DDC56D #6DBDDD #8D6DDD

monochromatic

#A88D27 #D1B13B #DDC56D #E9D99F #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DDC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC56D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC56D	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.112 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead699',
    500: '#ddc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc56d;
$custom-light: #ead699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC56D

secondary

#4359AB

accent

#41CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC56D

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

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