#DDC756#DDC756

#DDC756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC756
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -5.57, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 58.19, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0195 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9241, 56.8932, 17.0487)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC756 #566CDD

analogous

#DD8356 #DDC756 #B0DD56

triadic

#DDC756 #56DDC7 #C756DD

tetradic

#DDC756 #56DD83 #566CDD #DD56B0

square

#DDC756 #56DD83 #566CDD #DD56B0

split-complementary

#DDC756 #56B0DD #8356DD

monochromatic

#9A861F #CDB229 #DDC756 #E7D889 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DDC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC756

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC756	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)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78a',
    500: '#ddc756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc756;
$custom-light: #ebd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82673,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC756

secondary

#3A4A9E

accent

#35CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC756

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

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