#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
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -5.63, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 58.63, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0198 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8841, 56.8772, 16.8380)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##DDC755	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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