#DDC755#DDC755

#DDC755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDC755
RGBrgb(221, 199, 85)
HSLhsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.11, -5.63, 58.36)
CIE-LCHlch(80.11, 58.63, 95.52°)
OKLaboklab(82.66% -0.0198 0.1337)
OKLCHoklch(82.66% 0.135 98.4)
XYZxyz(51.8841, 56.8772, 16.8380)
Luminance0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDC755 #556BDD
analogous
#DD8355 #DDC755 #AFDD55
triadic
#DDC755 #55DDC7 #C755DD
tetradic
#DDC755 #55DD83 #556BDD #DD55AF
square
#DDC755 #55DD83 #556BDD #DD55AF
split-complementary
#DDC755 #55AFDD #8355DD
monochromatic
#99851F #CCB229 #DDC755 #E7D888 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#DDC755 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38
#DDC755 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC755
12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDC755#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDC7551.001.7012.3812.38
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3821.001.001.00
##00000012.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C248
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCA5B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDBAAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddc755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.135 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd789',
    500: '#ddc755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddc755;
$custom-light: #ebd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddc755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82663,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDC755
secondary
#39499D
accent
#5AEA3E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC755

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#DDC755 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva