#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
RGBrgb(221, 197, 109)
HSLhsl(47, 62%, 65%)
HSVhsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.85, -2.77, 46.86)
CIE-LCHlch(79.85, 46.94, 93.38°)
OKLaboklab(82.54% -0.0088 0.1115)
OKLCHoklch(82.54% 0.112 94.5)
XYZxyz(52.5472, 56.4110, 22.5856)
Luminance0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDC56D1.001.7112.2812.28
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2821.001.001.00
##00000012.2821.001.001.00

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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#DDC56D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva