#DDC655#DDC655

#DDC655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC655
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -5.12, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 58.30, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0183 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6547, 56.4185, 16.7616)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC655 #556CDD

analogous

#DD8255 #DDC655 #B0DD55

triadic

#DDC655 #55DDC6 #C655DD

tetradic

#DDC655 #55DD82 #556CDD #DD55B0

square

#DDC655 #55DD82 #556CDD #DD55B0

split-complementary

#DDC655 #55B0DD #8255DD

monochromatic

#99841F #CCB029 #DDC655 #E7D788 #F1E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DDC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC655

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC655	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)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd789',
    500: '#ddc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc655;
$custom-light: #ebd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82458,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC655

secondary

#394A9D

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC655

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

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