#DDC656#DDC656

#DDC656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC656
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -5.05, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 57.86, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.018 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6947, 56.4345, 16.9723)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC656 #566DDD

analogous

#DD8356 #DDC656 #B0DD56

triadic

#DDC656 #56DDC6 #C656DD

tetradic

#DDC656 #56DD83 #566DDD #DD56B0

square

#DDC656 #56DD83 #566DDD #DD56B0

split-complementary

#DDC656 #56B0DD #8356DD

monochromatic

#9A851F #CDB129 #DDC656 #E7D789 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DDC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC656

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC656	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78a',
    500: '#ddc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc656;
$custom-light: #ebd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82468,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC656

secondary

#3A4B9E

accent

#36CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC656

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →